A WATCH reputed to have belonged to Bobby Kennedy – brother of President John F Kennedy – is to auctioned in Plymouth next month.

Its long-time owner was Scot Millie Craig, who worked for 31 years from 1957 as a chef for George Skakel, the brother of Bobby's widow Ethel.

The Kennedys used to congregate at weekends at the Skakel home in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA, where Mrs Craig cooked for them.

While working there, she lost her fob watch at the house, and to make up for it, she was given the gent's Rolex wristwatch, which belonged to Bobby Kennedy – but who never wore it.

He, like his brother, was assassinated – during celebrations of a successful campaign in 1968 for the Democratic Party's nomination for president.

Mrs Craig cherished the watch all her life, wearing it night and day, and handed it down to her daughter in Plymouth, who has now decided to sell it by auction.

She has retained some press clippings from the 1970s featuring the watch, but there is no other evidence to confirm it belonged to Bobby Kennedy.

Mrs Craig once said of the watch: "It is a fine remembrance of a great man."

The Rolex oyster perpetual stainless steel wristwatch will be auctioned on May 6 at Plymouth Auction Rooms, and is expected to sell for £500-£600.