She worked and played hard. While she was studying a Sotheby's in London she just missed injury when a bomb exploded outside the home of the late Conservative MP Sir Hugh Fraser where she was staying. After the incident she calmly posed for photographers. The front-runner in their generation of Kennedy politics is Joeseph P. Kennedy 11 -- Young Joe named after his grandfather the patriach of the clan. Bobby Kennedy's eldest son went straight into Massachusetts politics and today, at 40, is a powerful figure in the political salons of Boston . What disharmony there's been involved his separation from his wife Sheila the mother of his twin sons. But there's been Chappaquiddick, David Kennedy's death, ast 28, from a drug overdose nine years ago, Teddy's divorce and remarriage to new wife Victoria. The Kennedys are a melange of 28 grandchildren from six different branches of the family and they are America 's ongoing soap opera.It is one which will continue to fascinate. Teddy Kennedy didn't see his brother Bobby replaced JFK in the White House and his own plans to do so are now a sad memory. But in The Kennedys-- The Next Generation the dreams live on. There's JFK Jnr., Joe Kennedy 11, the young Ted Kennedy and his brother Patrick all in the wings. For this family the Oval Office represents centre stage. Well, for most members of the family. Ironically, one of the most famous Kennedys in America doesn't even carry that name. Maria Shriver -- daughter of Jack, Bobby and Teddy's sister Eunice --is a prime time newswoman who fronts top-rated shows. She's also an attraction as Mrs Arnold Schwarzenegger who seems to have more interest in the White House than his wife.
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