BESSETTE-KENNEDY MARRIAGE SECRETS & SCANDALS

The real story behind the glamorous union of John Jr and Carolyn

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They were America's modern-day answer to royalty, a glamorous, high society couple whose every move captivated the world and was splashed across headlines. Yet, behind the scenes, John F Kennedy Jr and Carolyn Bessette's romance was far from picture perfect.

With upcoming Ryan Murphy series American Love Story set to reexamine the couple's ill-fated union, we take a look at the relationship that fascinated the world.

A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN

After meeting in 1992, Carolyn – the director of publicity for Calvin Klein – began dating attorney and George magazine publisher John, the son of former US president John F Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy, two years later. By mid-1995, she had moved into John's Tribeca loft, and they were engaged later that year.

Despite the immense media scrutiny surrounding them, the couple married in secret on September 21, 1996, on Cumberland Island. But when they returned from their honeymoon in Turkey, the media interest in them intensified tenfold, with a huge press pack camped out on their doorstep.

CRACKS IN THE FACADE