Kennedy Family 'in Tatters' amid 'Unprecedented' Public Battle Between Cousins Caroline Kennedy and RFK Jr. (Exclusive Source)

Mar. 15, 2025

Caroline and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Photo:LUKAS COCH/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock; Jason Mendez/Getty

Caroline Kennedy and RFK Jr.

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The Kennedy family is navigating an “unprecedented” public conflict.

“We just don’t hear from her,” the source tells PEOPLE. “I think it’s unprecedented because both she and her mother were known for just not speaking to the press, ever.”

The source adds that Caroline shared a “never complain, never explain” attitude with her mother, former first ladyJackie Kennedy.

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis with her children, John and Caroline.DMI/The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and her children John F. Kennedy Jr. and Caroline Kennedy.

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While it’s uncharacteristic for Caroline — a two-time U.S. ambassador — to weigh in so boldly on family matters, the insider notes that there’s always been a touchy dynamic between the children of PresidentJohn F. Kennedyandthe many kidsof Sen.Robert F. Kennedy.

“I think Caroline and [John F. Kennedy Jr.] were always first among unequals,” the source says, “and the RFK kids were always tagging at their heels.”

Caroline and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Brent Lewin/Bloomberg via Getty; Kevin Dietsch/Getty

Caroline Kennedy, US ambassador to Australia, speaks during the AFR Business Summit in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. The summit runs through March 8.; Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of Health and Human Services arrives for meetings at the U.S. Capitol on December 19, 2024 in Washington, DC. Trump’s nominees for his incoming administration continue to meet with senators on Capitol Hill, weeks before his inauguration.

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The source also notes that the health secretary nominee gets away with being called RFK instead of RFK Jr. — “a pretty good branding opportunity,” the source says, for someone with a much less prominent political career than his namesake father.

After seeing Caroline break a pattern of silence to keep her cousin out of government, the source believes that the Kennedy family is no longer what many Americans remember.

“I tend to think the pages turn,” the insider says. “[Caroline] has never spoken publicly about anything in her 60 years, and she comes out with this. The only time Jackie spoke out was the preservation of Grand Central. that’s how rarely these people speak up.”

source: people.com

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