The Tragic Rift Between Jackie Kennedy and Her Sister | A Tale of Two Sisters | Real History
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- Jackie Kennedy Onassis remains to this day iconic, a figure of high fashion and tragedy. Her sister Lee however is less well-known. Yet it is impossible to understand one without the other, their lives were intertwined - through rivalry and resentment, love and loss.
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Im 68 years old, and remember so much of this. When My daughter who is 37 buys a certain type of sunglasses,she calls them Jackie O's! Her style is still remerbed to this day!
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Love these stories thank you❤
Same, 43 and love my Jackie O style sunglasses, way too many to count. Getting married in a yr, my very 1st wedding and I got an Oleg Cassini designer gown.. The same designer that dressed Mrs. Kennedy Onasis for yrs.. I'm sooo excited.
With the possible exception of her father-in-law Joseph Kennedy, the people around John F. Kennedy first viewed Jacqueline as a political liability to be given minimal exposure. They soon learned that the opposite was true. Jackie was more than a priceless ornament, she had intelligence, drive and a superb knowledge of American history and culture. The White House prior to Mrs. Kennedy was like a poorly furnished second-rate hotel. Mrs. Kennedy restored it to the elegance its designers had envisioned. It has been a work of art ever since. She saved Lafayette Square, helped the National Gallery of Art acquire treasures and instituted the National Cultural Center which became the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. She did all that in two years and ten months. Washington and the USA will never forget her.
She also saved Grand Central from destruction by developers. Too bad she was too late to save Penn Station
The Rose Garden
@@maryjaneferguson9432 which melania destroyed
….Uh-huh….A more accurate description of Jackie’s motivations came from her own lips. While taking a quick tour of her future home, shortly after JFK won the election, she turned to an aide in horror and said, “Can you believe the GHASTLY taste of that woman (Mamie E.)?”….”I couldn’t spend two weeks living in such a hovel”
Jackie refurbished the WH for JACKIE. NOT for the “American People.” Furthermore, she GROSSLY overspent (by a factor of “5” the money that Congress had earmarked for the project……Despite her enormous wealth (which could have done so much good, if just a fraction were given to charity), Jackie was as selfish with “her” money (ALL of it accrued by marrying men), as she was with her time. charities were regularly turned away empty-handed….
It always baffles me that such a woman could have “admirers.”….A better cautionary tale against the dangers of greed, shallowness, unkindness & immense selfishness has never been written….
Yes. She was absolutely APPALLED at the condition of the White House.
I heard a young woman ask, Jackie who ?, when complemented she looked like Jackie -O , in her, dark sunglasses. My heart dropped . I wanted to educate her right there.
Why am I supposed to put this woman on a pedestal? Thanks, but NO THANKS!!!
This was one of the most riveting videos of Jackie O that I have ever seen...
Beautifully done ❤
I love the fact that Jackie lived life on her own terms despite the pressures of society and her family. That takes an extreme amount of courage.
I feel like this is more about Jackie's life than the rift between the sisters.
That shot of them as girls at 3:42 is just beautiful. They both possessed such great style, Jackie was such a classy lady and her fashion is so iconic, the dresses, sunglasses etc. Lee also was a very iconic dresser & interior design as well, I brought her book Happy Times, just fantastic. RIP to them both!
Their relationship to me is similar to Queen Elizabeth and her sister Margaret. RIP to all.
Elizabeth and Margaret were at least raised in a full family.
I think that is a fair comparison.
Jackie had only 2 things that Lee didn’t possess that made Jackie more famous than Lee. Lee was smart, but Jackie was brilliant, specifically, a brilliant political & social strategist, who knew what the public wanted, and worked harder than most of us will ever know to create, build & then maintain her public image.
But the 2nd thing that Jackie possessed that enabled her fame to outlast her famous marriages was the zeitgeist: she was born at the right time. Her lack of financial autonomy & insistence on making marrying rich her primary profession would not endear her to this generation of females like it did in her time.
It is Lee’s more fluid personality and work-horse ethic (very few people know how much she worked - real jobs) that this decade would find more appealing.
Well said...although, Jackie married first time for money & second time for more money! Very smart woman...
Jackie was too high on the pedestal for many to personally relate to. Lee was more down to earth...though both still were beautiful, classy, but of course of a higher class than most of us.
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Jacqueline had millions due to her marrying Ari Onassis! She was a shrewd and cunning woman. I do not know that her social class was so high.
I know Christina Onassis paid her 20 Million in 1976. That is equal to about 100 million in today,'s money.
The marriage to Onassis stopped her from needing Kennedy money. Jacqueline stole Onassis from her sister and got a big settlement after his death!
The two very lucky kids ( Caroline and John/ RIP) did get post graduate degrees after Jacqueline pushed both to attend Law Schools!
@@kdtennis1 I think all of these people were rich before that, very privileged.
It's easy to be elegant and strong and proud and never ask anybody for anything if you're worth tens of millions of dollars and have assistants, maids, butlers, chefs, drivers, nannies, etc. You would be, too, if you had all of that.
Not true . She had character. She wasn’t an entitled brat . She used her privileged upbringing to the highest caliber.
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She was 1000% an entitled brat! She just happened to get lucky when Ari Onassis got sick.
The Kennedys bought Jacqueline a house when JFK was murdered ( 98% of the US Population buy their own house).
Ari Onassis only wanted Jacqueline to get $ 200,000 ( good money in 2024/ more than US Congress Staffers) a year after his death. She would have gotten like 2- 3 million when she died in 1994.
Jacqueline and a slew of top attorneys and Teddy Kennedy made Christina Onassis pay out the $20 Million ( Onassis worth 500 Million at his death in 1975).
Jacqueline lived a fairy tale life. She traveled the world,lived in beautiful homes, sent her kids to the finest schools, and law schools.
She did not deserve to see her husband killed,but she led a rare and rich life that 99.5% of the US Population will never live!
I remember my Catholic Church having a pamphlet featuring Jackie looking angelic on the cover entitled ‘How To Live As A Widow’. It was whipped off the shelf when she married Onassis!
Mothers who set up their daughters to marry „Someone“ and keep pressuring with comparison belong to the past.
Still happens
they also set their sons up
This video was more an overview of Jackie's life, rather than an in-depth look at the rift between the sisters. I was hoping to learn more about that. I guess Jackie's appropriation of Onassis from Lee caused some of it, but I thought they eventually got past that. Then I heard that in her will, Jackie left nothing at all to Lee -- no money or even personal items!! That seems strange.
Lee had her own estate and had no expectation of anything from her sister. That would go to Jackie’s children
Didn’t jackie have kids why will she leave anything to her sister who has her own
Well said, I agree. It was another Jackie doc with her sisters name mentioned here and there talking about how jealous she was of her throughout her life.
So, it’s click bait?
At least she was spared the horror of her son’s death ( as well as his wife and her sister ) . I doubt she could have survived that kind of devastation. Not too many women had the steely resilience of her mother in law…Rose
Unfortunately, to Lee this horror was NOT spared, although her son died not in the crash but from cancer.
Her “ breathless affectation” with her voice was so fake! Her sister was the most genuine of the two.
I don't even find her pretty.
Lee Radziwill was in the middle off making a documentary on her eccentric aunt Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale, (Big Edie, sister to jackie and Lee'sfather) and first cousin little Edie but it fell through so Albert and David Maysles took it over "Gray Gardens"
Fascinating documentary, the true meaning "from riches to rags " and it was Jackie that helped get their lives back on track!
Actually, it was Onassis who spent the money to repair Grey Gatdens.
@@anneheimburger3186 He gave the finances and Jackie and Lee cleared the house ect
They were mentally ill.
Don’t care if your Empress and a Queen. You steal your sisters lover that wrong.
That woman making excuses for his philandering is gross
Marriage of convenience.
And Jackie was complicit in the basically fraudulent marriage.
Feminists need to take Lessons from Jackie on how to BEHAVE in a marriage and in Public. No Man wants a Woman to dominate him or embarrass him in public or in private. That's why there are millions of Spinsters in the USA today. Men do not want a feminist wife who will abort their child or compete with him... and Yes, It's HIS child too. Not entirely Her body when there is another Human being inside who wants to be born.
Same as the royals
Grow up.
I'm 72 years old and rememner all of this. Jackie was my idol.
Some consider the Kennedys as American Royalty, and I agree.
She was a brilliant strategist and understood what the public wanted - and not only did she give the public what it wanted but only what it wanted. At least until Bob Kennedy was murdered. Then she lost no time in finding a man powerful enough to protect her children, esp her son, from political danger. And had no qualms about using her looks, her charm, her status and yes, her sister’s connections to marry Onassis. I simply cannot understand how anyone can judge her personal life choices. God knows, she’s paid dearly for the choices that she’s made. Don’t we all?
Thank you for sharing how beautiful life was i remember getting dressed up now people fly as if coming back from working TIMES HAVE CHANGED
As a child , I really admired Jackie ! She loved to ride horses like many of girls did in the 1960's! She was an excellent Equestrian ! 🤗🐎🐎
I hope as an adult you saw the REAL Jackie
@@user-ke8st8jc1v Jackie did the best she could considering how women have always had to deal with SEXISM in the USA! She was a highly educated woman, a good mother and a great equestrian!
@@daren7889 I am not aware of any “ sexism “ towards her .The fact remains that she managed to marry into a prominent American family and then she used her sex and managed again to marry Onassis ,the richest man in the world and walk away with hundreds of millions of dollars plus jewelry .Not bad for “enduring sexism “
Don't girls still ride horses 😊 also, the kind of manipulative behavior she had towards marriage had nothing to do with sexism and everything to do with ambition. She was well above being exploited and could have walked away at any time - a wealthy woman. If anything she exploited herself by staying. Watch Truman v The Swans you'll see it in action. Esp with Babe who had a similar upbringing.
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Ari Onassis was not rich as Arab Oil Kings. He was one of the wealthiest men in Greece not in the world in 1968!
Jacqueline and the sister of Ari Onassis ( Artemis) worked together to get the two,together!
_Watch GREY GARDENS, a fascinating documentary on the eccentric aunt and cousin of Jaqui O on her father's side....really fascinating._
I read somewhere that she made an afreement with her FIL to not divorce his son and that she will give her money + will pay for all the clothes she wanted. This is when he was about to run for president. She wanted to leave the marriage n that will not look good.
Yes that was true. I believe the figure was 2 Mil.
@watthaile2053 yes....JFKs cheating....
Interesting!
One of the saddest days of my life
Lee was very pretty
Very well done.
It should be titled: The Bouviers.
Absolutely Beautiful Story I hate her losses. But I love her happiness and brilliant ideas and candor. I love her protection of her children and also the protection of her privacy
Who was happier in the end? Neither seemed very happy.
good work
Lees style was phenomenal. It’s a shame. I think if she’d started off smaller and learned a craft she could have tried something but she tried to be too big without the training.
She I think she was good looking.
@@christinehall6441 Lee was gorgeous.
Ambitious socialites.
Jackie suffered so many terrible losses! First the baby, then her beloved husband, then. RFK. 😢
She actually lost 2 babies. js
Good presentation
She was elegance personified.
Lee was always envious of Jackie’s life. Jackie’s sense of style did not come from her father
It is laughable to attempt to make EITHER of these women out to be something other than what they were ( incredibly shallow, selfish, status-seekers-who judged others not on their character, but on their wealth & social pedigree)….
Looking at their lives, one sees a wisp of potential - engulfed by a sea of unhappy, self-created waste….
I totally agree. I have read much about the Kennedy family. She and John deserved each other. Be sure and watch Feud about Truman Capote's swans. Talk about vain, shallow women!
Feminists need to take Lessons from Jackie on how to BEHAVE in a marriage and in Public. No Man wants a Woman to dominate him or embarrass him in public or in private. That's why there are millions of Spinsters in the USA today. Men do not want a feminist wife who will abort their child or compete with him... and Yes, It's HIS child too. Not entirely Her body when there is another Human being inside who wants to be born.
@@dorisperkins3722I watched Feud. I enjoyed it.
Interesting …Painful -But Very Beautiful Story - Of Life Experience of - Those …….🌞
When you don’t marry for love your life becomes a tragedy
You are clueless about the world. Many persons marry for status,money or companionship! They then seek other persons to enhance their life!
Well sometimes even when you marry for love - things don’t work out.
The photographer was over the top and completely invasive. He was a stalker not a photographer. He said himself. The Kennedy family did endure a ton of tragedy. The sister’s relationship really wasn’t focal here IMO.
I agree. The photographer was a jerk who deserved to lose his court cases. While I have a great deal of respect for Jackie Kennedy, I would have liked to hear more about Lee Radziwill during this documentary. The contrast between the two was lacking, IMO.
What a horrible person! You pray on a grieving widow! All she wanted was privacy. Her husband and brother-in-law were assassinated. Can you imagine somebody approaching you with a camera and not being frightened and experience PTSD?
She should have shielded her face from him. Or worn a mask
Its too bad they were raised to be so competitive; esp neither one of them made good choices in life or husbands. The only thing Jackie seemed better then Lee was getting more money (though Lee was more then well off).
beautiful
Tragic rift huh.
Jealousy and envy. Neither was a bigger person and neither made the first move.
Both were shallow, greedy, manipulative, and attention-seeking, using anyone necessary to further themselves. Not exactly admirable qualities.
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Lee died in 2019! Was shocked the Kennedys nor Jamie or Nina was at funeral to mourn lee
Caroline and her husband were there to morn her.
Her niece Caroline Kennedy was there. Designer Carolina Herrera was there! Her daughter in law from the reality show was there ( New York Housewives)!
@@kdtennis1 3 people out of hundreds, perhaps thousands, that she knew and that could logically be expected to come and pay their respects ??? Only 3.??? That tells you how little regard the people who knew her best actually had for her. They didn't see any benefit to them for being there, and they had little regard for her personally, so they simply didn't bother to attend.
@@watthaile2053 many were dead
Though they made contributions in life, they were flawed: gold diggers. Sad
Beautiful……….🌞
I can't believe Jackie and her kids were not escorted 24/7 by Secret Service agents!?
I agree... ESPECIALLY the family of a President who was assassinated. You'd think the government would be worried about the safety of Jackie and her children. Then again, they weren't the ones the military industrial complex feared. JFK and Bobby were a threat. That's why they were murdered, and probably why JFK Jr "accidentally" died in a plane crash - like Ted almost did. Too much of a coincidence for me. Secret service didn't start protecting former presidents until 1965 and didn't apply to Jackie. The military industrial complex didn't view Jackie or 3yo John jr as threats to their profits and power. I'm sure that's why John died. Even THOSE murdering bastards knew better than to kill jr or Jackie. That's just something that would have brought so much heat on them and outraged the country. If he ever got involved in politics, he definitely would have been a threat. Wtf do you think everything related to the assassination is still being classified? To conceal the conspiracy.
How strong would she have been if she'd had to actually work for a living and do her own housework, yard work, take care of her own children, worry about paying bills on 60k / year ? Anybody can be strong when you have an endless amount of money to make all your troubles go away
Blood doesn't make them family
they were switched at birth, i found out my sisters are not really my sisters.
This was all about Jackie, what about Lee, very little.
0:08 Expo 67 Montreal Canada.
She dressed nice .. but I thought she wasn’t pretty.
Somebody finally spoke of truth
Jacqueline was one of the best dressed in the world. She was nowhere near beautiful,but New York Society Stylish!
She wore the best designers after the marriage to Ari Onassis!
Not a classic beauty, but very photogenic.
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She kept her weight down. She had a somewhat athletic body,when she was young.
She rode horses and later in life jogged Central Park Reservoir! She was an infamous gold digger and addicted to fame!
IMHO the most beautiful First Lady of the US in post war times was Rosalynn Carter.
Jackie made it because she was pretty and classy because she definitely was not pretty. She was strange looking. Leigh was the pretty one.
I never considered Jackie pretty.
Guess what, Jackie must have been a real pain in the a....to her sister Lee - no doubt about that.
She’s so pretty had so much dignity too
All the money in the world can’t fill emptiness. No need to envy the super wealthy.
She married her sisters ex … nasty
Jacaueline got 24 Million from the Onassis Estate. She was always thinking on how to get money! She was not dependent on Joe Kennedy after Christina Onassis gave her the Millions!
Jacqueline needed Ari Onassis for financial security! She had no morals,when Millions were on the table! Christina Onassis paid her 20 Million in 1976 to get rid of her!
@@kdtennis1 Joe Kennedy died six years before Onassis.
And Lee herself slept with kennedy. They were both quite trashy to be honest.
I know Lee as Princess Carole’s mother in law 😅
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Around 20:00 approx…..Lee was never considered a style icon. Her sister was. Lee would never have been noticed if not for Jackie
Yes, she was she was on the best dressed list many times. Lee was the stunning one. Her face was perfect
I will always have respect for Jackie…she was a wonderful person and then she married JFK…which was a good match…it was to bad he had such an active womanizing person…but Jackie kept her head up and did her best to act her role as the wife of JFK! She was her own person and did her best to be true to her social status! Jackie definitely had to keep up with her status, in spite of how JFK behaved…and she proved to be exceptional…❤
I never saw these 2 beautiful ladies in each other's shadows at all. I always saw them as just beautiful woman, in their own right, and IMO, they are always the classiest of USA, with Mrs Melanie Trump right there with them! And Princess Diana in first place. What a sisterhood these 4 gorgeous women. Such class ever! Brains and beauty! Thank you for the video. Very well done. I've subscribed!
They are all dead now. Went by very fast. We all need Jesus Christ.
I lost my admiration for her when she married Onassis. He was a real creep. IMO.
Caroline and John/RIP have were the beneficiaries of the payout by Christina Onassis! They have been rich since 1976 ( when Ari Onassis died)! Their infamous Mum ( John and Caroline called Jacqueline the British Word for Mom) was a cunning snake with her love and cunning ways to marry wealthy men!
She needed to feel secure ,safe and Onassis could provide that.
He cheated. Only God can keep us safe .
Ari Onassis gave Jacqueline , a new life! She needed the Kennedys from 1963-1968 ( money after JFK died) .
The Onassis marriage freed her and her 2 kids from begging the Kennedys for checks to live!
she liked money.... and likely married him for more of it
Could never understant hiw people thought she was so beautful. She was avarage in the looks department at best. She was however very good at manipulation with her eye always on the prize.
I agree.
She was a black cat bad luck someone always dying around her
With all the tragedy she raised two remarkable children I believe her greatest achievements!
elegant perfection lady queen her stunning beauty is a gift
Ron talks like his profession is something he should be proud of. She was harassing an already traumatised family. Ew
I was a small child when kennst died. I remember watching the tv as they showed him getting shot in the head.
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His assassination was a shame they said the shot came from a tall building but if you check the footage he was shot from behind you can see this by the blood splatter
120 pound man???? How about the CIA?
Hmm .... Seems someone understands what really happened.
Deep state. That was not the work of one man
43:14 Can anyone identify what that is in the corner of Lee's mouth in this photograph~? If it is not a glitch in this video, which it does not appear to be then it must have been talked about at the time the picture was first published. It's a beautiful photo nonetheless.
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So lee’s first child was not a radziwill. If that ws Carole’s husband, she traded on the name
Yes, Lee's first born was Anthony.
R.I.P. all of them. I was hoping for Robert Kennedy Jr to be my president. I wanted the dream back. But, it looks like it is too late. Evil has taken over. I don't want to see anymore unjust killings. Looks, like there will alot more. 😢
I see no rift, just assumptions
She decided no longer to rely on others, after Onassis death??? Yeah, but not before ripping Onassis' only daughter of over $26mln after he'd died and left it all to his real family. Pathetic greedy businesswoman, just like her dad and in-law had taught her..
$26 million was NOTHING to Aristotle Onassis and pocket change to his daughter
Jackie deserved to receive 26 million from Onassis. They were married until death do you part. Her celebrity is worth something!
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Every W***e deserves her $$$. Right.???
@@ann5765Aha. Na dann. Was für ein Quatsch, also ehrlich
@@pea4322 speak English please
"Yum yum" -jackie kennedy when she eating sheet meatal
Learn gramnar
The only one that comes close to be "Jackie" is "Diana." That becomes an obsession in the public's eye.
Princess Grace Kelly, who never could get along with Jackie
Andersherum, Diana war schön.
Boat name is MARILYN..??!
But -Why ..????…….🌞
Comparing John Kennedy to George Clooney is a stretch .... don't you think ?
All I see is are assumptions, none of this is based on facts….I saw their separate lives in detail, how are you making this a rift?
She left lee 2. Dollars and a don't give a f...😂
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Lee was a public embarrassment
alcohol
What was The Problem of his Spine - Can’t Walk Well….?……🌞
Her sister was prettier.
kennedy wouldn't have gotten away with any of this in the AIDS days
Ron grosses me out. I don’t think we should give him the time of day. He ruined her life and he’s proud of it.
How did he ruin her life, when she got 24 Million from Christina Onassis!
@@kdtennis1 how very shallow your comment is
@@pryorbishop2957same yours. Very rude.
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She had a husband who cheated. Not such a smart girl really. Ultimate public humiliation.
Onassis did as well. Then she went on to be with a married man. Not smart or classy. She had style but little integrity.
I’m sure she didn’t marry jfk thinking “he’s going to to cheat on me. Oh well”
Are you that naive.?? Jackie herself had plenty of affairs, she just kept hers better hidden.
That is the way it was back then. You graduated from high school and the first guy in your class or above, you married. For them to take care of you. You ran the house and took care of the children. A lot of men philanderdr and you turned your head because you had no way to support yourself. Times are way different today.
@@watthaile2053 Unscrupuless people and catholics too - shocking! Absolutely no morals at all.
Lee envied everything Jackie was & had including her husband!
What a shame she didnt run for President
I lost all respect for Jackie when she married Onassis.
I’m sure she was really sad about it.
She put up with a lot. JFK was no paragon of fidelity.
Don't be naive. She was no angel either. She just kept hers hidden better.
Jackie O and her sister were the most sophisticated gold diggers to ever set foot on this planet. They were taught from a very young age to and mastered the art of hunting and holding rich husbands and swiftly switching to the next one as soon as the former died or became of no use anymore, all in a blink of eye. All in the name of keeping their impossibly expensive lifestyle and NEVER having to work, not for even a day in their lives 😮😂
Jackie look like mr bean ‼️ 🗣️ i sais what I said 📌
I don’t find her beautiful either, elegant and tall, yes
Not beautiful but glamorous. Some women just have it
and now the irish look down on others. and on and on it goes. america
Yes and it began right up the Alley. If you're a radio station handing out money to callets from this point, yes I'd yell 'Kennedy!'. This is a point in hell where I'd turn the www insude out and hand it to every webmaster to pay off what they've had in there before I could put my ✋ in to say yes, this is of my own private ~Jaqueline Kennedy Onassis Truth~ from 1 block South of Herron.