Jfk Jr.'S Cousin Reportedly Marries In Greece

ATHENS, Greece - Rory Kennedy, whose wedding was called off after the death of her cousin John F. Kennedy Jr., was married in a private ceremony at the home of a Greek shipping magnate.

Kennedy married Mark Bailey late yesterday on the grounds of the family compound of shipowner Vardis Vardinoyiannis in the exclusive northern Athens suburb of Ekali, Vardinoyiannis' office said today.

His office would not confirm or deny media reports that the couple had left on a honeymoon cruise aboard the Vardinoyiannis yacht.

Footage broadcast by the private Skai television channel showed distant images of a blond woman in a white wedding gown boarding a yacht, reportedly a Vardinoyiannis family motor cruiser, at 2 a.m. after getting out of a dark limousine.

JFK Jr.; his wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy; and her sister Lauren Bessette were killed July 16 when their plane crashed en route to Martha's Vineyard and Cape Cod for Rory Kennedy's wedding. The wedding, which had been scheduled at the family compound in Hyannis Port, Mass., on July 17, was canceled.

The small number of guests at last night's ceremony reportedly included Rory Kennedy's mother, Ethel Kennedy, as well as Vardinoyiannis and his wife, Marianna Vardinoyiannis, who are family friends.

Rory Kennedy, 30, is the last of 11 children born to Ethel and the late Sen. Robert Kennedy. She was born after her father was assassinated in 1968.

Vardinoyiannis is the representative here of the

Washington-based Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Foundation and is on the board of directors of the Special Olympics, which was founded by one of the bride's aunts, Eunice Kennedy Shriver.