It really does take some believing that this appalling bunch of misfits should have risen to be considered the 'First Family' of the United States.
Let us begin with the patriarch himself, Joe Kennedy. He was a bootlegger; a man who indulged in dubious investment practices prior to The Wall St Crash; an IRA sympathiser; anti-British and as ambassador, tried to prevent the USA lending support to England's wartime struggle.
The sour matriarch, Rose Kennedy prevented any family attendance at her daughter's wedding to William Cavendish The Marquess of Hartington. Why? - He was a protestant!
She was so petty-minded that she even refused attendance to herself and the siblings at her daughter's funeral after her tragic death in a plane crash in 1944.
All the three brothers, JFK, Robert and Edward were serial womanisers. The former nearly brought the world to nuclear war with the inept handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
An amoral close relative of JFK was convicted of murder. [Some even made claims that JFK and Robert were involved in the death of Marilyn Monroe - probably not true but they were certainly capable of just about anything.]
The eldest brother died this month - a reputation forever tarnished by sickening liberalism, licence and appalling behaviour which almost certainly caused the tragic death of Mary-Jo Kopechne at Chappaquidick Creek, whilst on yet another adulterous adventure.
If the Americans had elected a Head of State as a constitutional monarch, it could so easily have been a Kennedy.
The Windsors may leave a lot to be desired but let us thank heavens above that they are an hereditary line and we could never end up with anything quite so North Korean!
Let us begin with the patriarch himself, Joe Kennedy. He was a bootlegger; a man who indulged in dubious investment practices prior to The Wall St Crash; an IRA sympathiser; anti-British and as ambassador, tried to prevent the USA lending support to England's wartime struggle.
The sour matriarch, Rose Kennedy prevented any family attendance at her daughter's wedding to William Cavendish The Marquess of Hartington. Why? - He was a protestant!
She was so petty-minded that she even refused attendance to herself and the siblings at her daughter's funeral after her tragic death in a plane crash in 1944.
All the three brothers, JFK, Robert and Edward were serial womanisers. The former nearly brought the world to nuclear war with the inept handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
An amoral close relative of JFK was convicted of murder. [Some even made claims that JFK and Robert were involved in the death of Marilyn Monroe - probably not true but they were certainly capable of just about anything.]
The eldest brother died this month - a reputation forever tarnished by sickening liberalism, licence and appalling behaviour which almost certainly caused the tragic death of Mary-Jo Kopechne at Chappaquidick Creek, whilst on yet another adulterous adventure.
If the Americans had elected a Head of State as a constitutional monarch, it could so easily have been a Kennedy.
The Windsors may leave a lot to be desired but let us thank heavens above that they are an hereditary line and we could never end up with anything quite so North Korean!
Photo: The Kennedy Clan at home on the evening following John F. Kennedy's election as President. Seated Front Row (L-R) Eunice Shriver, Rose, Joseph, Jackie and Ted. Back Row (L-R) Ethel, Stephen and Jean Smith, John, Bobby Pat Lawfors, Sargent Shriver, Joan and Peter Lawford.
