When the grandson of the richest man in the world was kidnapped by Italian gangsters in the ’70s, his grandfather refused to pay the ransom until he received the teenager’s severed ear in an envelope. Even then, J. Paul Getty haggled with the captors until the price for his grandson’s release was suitably tax deductible.
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Once the richest dynasty in the world, the Getty family has weathered enough suffering and scandal over generations to earn their reputation for being cursed.
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Meghan Markle handled her first Christmas Day walk to church with the royal family with poise and grace — just as Kate Middleton did six years ago when she made her first stroll to the traditional Christmas Day service with her then new husband Prince William.
Here’s how the two big moments matched up.
