Jackie Kennedy's Secret Letter Reveals Why She Really Married Onassis

Jackie Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis in 1968, and the world decided she had sold herself. Twenty-four days later she explained why, in a handwritten letter that stayed locked in a red box until 2017. This Jackie Kennedy documentary follows that letter. Who she wrote it to: Lord Harlech, the British ambassador who had secretly asked her to marry him that same year. Who she chose instead. And what happened inside the Jackie Kennedy Onassis marriage once the cameras left Skorpios. In this file: Onassis and Maria Callas, and the apartment a short walk away. Lee Radziwill, the sister who got there first. The marriage contract with 170 clauses, and the man who sold that story. The "Dear Ros" letters written on the honeymoon. The Skorpios photographs, and who was accused of arranging them. The lawyer Onassis went to see. The will he wrote by hand. And the millions Christina Onassis paid to make her stepmother go away. Every claim is told with its source. Where biographers disagree, you hear both versions. The letters appear as typed transcriptions of the published text, not as images of the manuscripts. The Skorpios photographs are not shown. EXHIBITS A · Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis to Lord Harlech, November 13, 1968 (Harlech papers, sold at Bonhams, London, March 29, 2017) B · Lord Harlech's draft letter to Jacqueline Kennedy, 1968 (Harlech papers, Bonhams, 2017) C · Jacqueline Onassis to Roswell Gilpatric, written aboard the Christina, October 1968 (published 1970) D · The will of Aristotle Onassis, handwritten, January 1974, as reported in the press in 1975 Also shown: FBI file on Aristotle Onassis, BUFILE 100-125834 (FBI Vault) MAIN SOURCES Bonhams, sale of the contents of Glyn Cywarch (London, March 29, 2017), and the reporting on the letters by AP / Boston.com, IrishCentral, NBC and Fine Books (2017) FBI Vault, file on Aristotle Onassis TIME (October 1968; February 1970, "Dear Ros") The New York Times (October 1968; report on the settlement, 1977) UPI, "Peter Evans bares all on Aristotle Onassis" (July 25, 1986) Newsweek on C. David Heymann (2014) Peter Evans, Nemesis (2004) and his earlier biography of Onassis Nicholas Gage, Greek Fire (2000) Arianna Stassinopoulos, biography of Maria Callas (1981) Kiki Feroudi Moutsatsos, memoir (1998) Christian Cafarakis, The Fabulous Onassis (1972) Christopher Andersen, The Good Son (2014) The will of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1994) Subscribe and open the next file:    / @thesealedpapers   Was it the money, or was it the way out? Tell us what you think in the comments. #JackieKennedy #AristotleOnassis #JackieKennedyOnassis #JackieO #MariaCallas #LeeRadziwill #ChristinaOnassis #KennedyFamily #AmericanHistory #FamilySecrets #TheSealedPapers