On October 20, 1968, Jackie wed Ari on his private island of Skorpios, wearing a high-necked, knee-length, white Valentino dress, her hair pulled back in a half-ponytail and tied off with a white ribbon. It was a rebuke to the church that had denounced her, dressing like a young girl taking her First Communion, and to everyone who thought she was greedy or gone mad. No—Jacqueline Kennedy was quite in her right mind. She was a middle-aged icon who had rewritten her first husband’s problematic history and had just negotiated a marriage contract containing 170 clauses. Most importantly, she had
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