London: After her husband US President John F Kennedy's assassination, Jacqueline was two-timing his brother Bobby and Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis as she believed that only the latter could give her the comforts and protection she wanted, a new book has revealed.
According to the Bobby and Jackie, for three years, JFK's widow had conducted a parallel affair with Onassis, one of the few men whom she believed could bankroll her lifestyle and protect her children -- a relationship which her brother-in-law was very much aware of.
Ken O'Donnell, one of JFK's closest aides, said that Bobby was however concerned that if Jackie's affair with Onassis became public, it'd hinder his presidential ambitions.
"They couldn't marry, so eventually she would marry somebody else. He (Bobby) also understood that she was super-high maintenance. She could marry virtually anyone, but there weren't many men around who could afford to take her on," the 'Daily Mail' quoted O'Donnell as saying in the book.
In fact, though the Greek tycoon was pressing Jackie to marry him, she had assured Bobby there would be no formal engagement until after the November 1968 election -- she was a crucial part of his campaign as a symbol of Kennedy dynasty, the author C David Heymann wrote.