Even during 's decadent Sixties and Seventies, few people threw parties like Jack Ryan, who hosted weekly 'medieval banquets' at his vast mock castle.With his wife and young family banished to another wing of the mansion, the sex-mad Ryan would crown one of his glamorous female guests his 'queen' for the night, before the revelries descended into an orgy.And if his queens often looked like Barbie dolls — with long legs, tiny waists and pointy breasts — that was hardly a coincidence. For he was the eccentric genius who designed Barbie and who, having made a fortune from the royalties of one of the most popular toys ever created, then spent his life pursuing real-life versions.
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