Photo: Amaryllis Fox/INSTAGRAM
Robert F. Kennedy IIIis a dad!
The namesake grandson of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, who was assassinated over 50 years ago, has welcomed his first child with wifeAmaryllis Fox, the latter shared on Instagram Friday.
“She’s named for her father, grandfather and great grandfather, carrying their legacy into a future where women stand shoulder to shoulder with their fathers, brothers, and sons to do the work of love in the world,” Fox continued of her newborn. “May she hold in her heart their fathomless commitment to human dignity, peace among nations, and protection of our natural world.”
Fox —a former CIA officerwho, according toher Twitter bio, is now a “writer,” “peace activist” and “advocate of compassionate engagement and strategic nonviolence at home and overseas” —and Kennedy III wed in July, at the famous Kennedy Compound on Cape Cod in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
The groom, 34, wore a blue and green floral tuxedo jacket with tails and white pants while the bride chose an off-the-shoulder white gown with floral embroidery and a starfish crown on her head.
Amaryllis Fox/INSTAGRAM
Kennedy III had been quietly dating Fox for about a year before their wedding, according to theNew York Post, which first reported the news of the couple’s nuptials ahead of the event.
Kennedy Jr. toldTown & Countryin June that son’s wedding celebration would be similar tohis own 2014 wedding to Hines. (Kennedy III’s mom is his father’s first wife Emily Black.)
“[It] is going to be kind of a clambake, which is the samething Cheryl and I didand it worked,” he said.
source: people.com
