Explore the remarkable life and achievements of Lady Bird Johnson, a trailblazing environmental activist and influential First Lady. Learn how she made a lasting impact on conservation and beautification efforts in the United States.
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson (Lady Bird) in FDR's private study in the FDR Library. Johnson pictured signing the guest register, with FDR Library Director Elizabeth B. Drewry looking on. July 1, 1965.
As Joe's granddaughter Naomi, 28, and her beau Peter Neal, 25, prepare to become husband and wife, FEMAIL took a look back at the other weddings that took place at the White House.
This exclusive excerpt, from a new biography of Lady Bird Johnson, chronicles the first couple’s emotionally fraught experience attending Robert F. Kennedy’s funeral and burial.
Within hours of landing in San Francisco for her very first visit to America in November 1965, Princess Margaret –played by Helena Bonham Carter in the third season of The Crown – had prompted Elizabeth Burton and Richard Taylor to storm out of a party hosted in the 35-year-old royal’s honour.
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