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>> he was londons most eligible bachelor. he was heir to the chatsworth estate. >> he was a catch. >> calls from lovely chatsworth seat of the duke of devonshire. >> who would think that joe and rose would be completely thrilled that their daughter had risen to these dizzying heights, but he was suitable for every way except for one. he wasnt roman catholic. >> there is a complex of feelings. joseph kennedy saw her romance as a sense that the kennedys had arrived. however, whats so interesting i...

Most socially prestigious, the oldest son of the duke of devonshire. >> he was londons most eligible bachelor. he was heir to the chatsworth estate. >> he was a catch. >> calls from lovely chatsworth seat of the duke of devonshire. >> who would think that joe and rose would be completely thrilled that their daughter had risen to these dizzying heights, but he was suitable for every way except for one. he wasnt roman catholic. >> there is a complex of feelings. joseph kennedy saw her romance as a...

Joseph p. kennedy had predicted that the best and the brightest of his childrens generation would die in a war. and now this had happened. not only to joe, jr. but to kicks beloved husband. >> kick had defied her family to marry the love of her life, billy hartington only to lose him. the heir to the estate was killed by a sniper. >> the timing was brutal. they had only weeks together as a married couple before he left. and to be widowed so young was devastating. >> i think rose kennedy was very...

Joseph p. kennedy had predicted that the best and the brightest of his childrens generation would die in a war. and now this had happened. not only to joe, jr. but to kicks beloved husband. >> kick had defied her family to marry the love of her life, billy hartington only to lose him. the heir to the estate was killed by a sniper. >> the timing was brutal. they had only weeks together as a married couple before he left. and to be widowed so young was devastating. >> i think rose kennedy was very...

Wept and said, ill show them. >> its an april morning for a final inspection. theyve trained long and hard for these ships. youre on your way, joe. this is it. >> joe jr. leaves to join the allies in europe, seizing his opportunity to become a kennedy hero. >> whether you were british or american, the ultimate in being the dashing war hero was being a pilot. and thats what joe did and took on the scariest of missions, which was flying a liberator bomber going after the greatest threat to the wes...

Jack kennedy is a man who doesnt cry or rarely shows emotions, but that day jack kennedy breaks down. >> jack is totally debilitated by grief, and hes supposed to organize the family, to go to the funeral which is going to be held in england. but he cant do it. >> he got in a car to go to the airport, fly to her funeral and didnt get on the plane. joe was informed and was the only family member to show up at her funeral. rose called kicks death divine retribution. >> my wife and i have given nin...

Jack learns that his beloved sister, kick, has died in france. jack kennedy is a man who doesnt cry or rarely shows emotions, but that day jack kennedy breaks down. >> jack is totally debilitated by grief, and hes supposed to organize the family, to go to the funeral which is going to be held in england. but he cant do it. >> he got in a car to go to the airport, fly to her funeral and didnt get on the plane. joe was informed and was the only family member to show up at her funeral. rose called ...

She must have a feeling that kathleen could come back into the united states and back into the church with full membership. rose prays that this would be the saving grace for kathleen. >> but after billys death, kick decides to stay in england. englands in her blood. kick at this time is seriously considering a career in politics, of becoming a member of parliament. shes very politically engaged at this point, and then in just a few years all of that just comes to an end. >> in 1948 kathleen tel...

Oldest son joe junior. he lost his oldest daughter, rosemary, to a botched lobotomy that ended her life as far as the family was concerned. and beloved kick was gone, too. >> there is woven through the kennedys a sense of doom, and by the lay 40s, only jack remains in the golden trio. >> the torch was passed to him. his parents ambitions were now his ambitions. the burden of taking the dynasty forward was his burden. >> this season on "american dynasties, the kennedys." >> youre never running ag...

Fighting back and joe was still trying to appease, he was too outspoken and he was called back to washington. president roosevelt did not want to appease. roosevelt wanted to fight. and the last thing that fdr needed was an appeaser as ambassador to great britain. >> ill have nothing to say till i see the president. >> so he was finished. >> get it? >> joseph kennedy goes from being a legitimate power broker in the united states and a player in international politics to being a pariah. >> when h...