Who was Anthony Radziwill, the Polish royal cousin of John F. Kennedy Jr?
The award-winning journalist, who was JFK Jr’s best man, died of cancer just weeks after the latter was killed in a plane crash
The nuptials took place in a small Baptist church on Cumberland Island with a short guest list of only 50 people. JFK Jr’s sister Caroline Kennedy was Bessette’s maid of honour while Anthony Radziwill was best man.
Radziwill was JFK Jr’s cousin and long-time friend. Born only a year apart, the two were close – and, tragically, died just months within each other.
Read on for everything to know about Anthony Radziwill.
Anthony Radziwill has an impressive family tree
He was born in August 1959 in Lausanne, Switzerland, to Caroline Lee Radziwill, the younger sister of Jackie Kennedy, and Prince Stanislaw Radziwill, a Polish aristocrat. The couple separated in 1974.
Radziwill was raised in England, where his parents were living at the time and later earned his bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism from Boston University in Massachusetts in 1982. Both his mother and aunt attended his graduation ceremony to cheer him on.
Throughout his life, he maintained a close relationship with his cousin JFK Jr – the latter was best man at Radziwill’s 1994 wedding to American journalist and The Real Housewives of New York City alum Carole Ann DiFalco. Radziwill would later return the favour at JFK Jr and Bessette’s 1996 wedding.