Jackie Kennedy's secret romance with architect Jack Warnecke revealed

Posthumous memoirs from architect Jack Warnecke, titled ‘Camelot's Architect’, reveal a long-term secret romance between him and former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. The manuscript, being published by his daughter Margo Warnecke Merck, details a relationship that began in 1962 and continued for decades.

The connection deepened following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, as Warnecke was commissioned by Jacqueline and Robert Kennedy to design the presidential grave at Arlington National Cemetery. According to the memoirs, the pair admitted their feelings for one another in late 1964 at Hammersmith Farm in Rhode Island and even discussed the possibility of marriage.

To maintain privacy, the couple traveled discreetly, including a trip to Hawaii in 1966 where Jackie Kennedy reportedly traveled under the guise of visiting with her children.