Some of the collection of letters written by Jackie Kennedy to an elderly Irish priest — recently withdrawn from auction — should be handed back to the Kennedy family, her niece said.

Secret letters from Jacqueline Kennedy to an Irish priest have been pulled from a controversial auction sale.

Secret letters from Jacqueline Kennedy to an Irish priest have been pulled from a controversial auction sale.

A High Court judge has granted temporary injunctions preventing a rare books expert from representing himself as the owner of letters to an Irish priest written by President John F Kennedy’s wife, Jackie.

Jacqueline Kennedy’s letters to an elderly priest reveal a delightful person, according to Philip Sheppard, the auctioneer charged with selling them.