March 24, 2011

Elizabeth Taylor: The consummate bride


I'm a huge Elizabeth Taylor fan. Always have been. Anyone who has a "love affair with jewellery" gets my tick of approval. And anyone who can do as she pleases, say what wants and marry who she likes (as many times as she likes), all with grace and panache, is a woman worth championing in my book.

So it was with great sadness that I learnt of her passing this morning. Aged 79, Taylor died at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles from congestive heart failure.

As a tribute to the violet-eyed, untamed, bastion of beauty, we look at the many loves (and weddings) of this truly great lady.

Conrad "Nicky" Hilton (May 6, 1950 – January 29, 1951)

Michael Wilding (February 21, 1952 – January 26, 1957)

Michael Todd (February 2, 1957 – March 22, 1958)

Eddie Fisher (May 12, 1959 – March 6, 1964)

Richard Burton (March 15, 1964 – June 26, 1974)

Richard Burton (October 10, 1975 – July 29, 1976)

John Warner (December 4, 1976 – November 7, 1982)

Larry Fortensky (October 6, 1991 – October 31, 1996)

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