Quite Continental

In the month of February,
my mind has been turning to great love stories…

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were drawn to each other with a force that would not be denied.  Actually married twice, their romantic liaisons proved to be irresistible fodder for the gossip pages while their film performances garnered accolades, nominations, and awards.

Richard was so taken with Elizabeth that he showered her with the most extravagant jewels in the world.  Most notable was the 69 carat “Taylor-Burton” diamond, which was auctioned after the couple divorced for the second time.

Images via LIFE

Further reading: “A Love Too Big To Last”
by Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger for Vanity Fair

Tagged: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Enter your comment here...

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Email (required) (Address never made public)

Name (required)

Website

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out /  Change )

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Cancel

Connecting to %s

Notify me of new comments via email.

Notify me of new posts via email.

Δ