By David Leafe. The jewellery case had once belonged to Elizabeth Taylor and it was the same beautiful shade of violet as her eyes. Inside were three sparkling pieces: sapphire earrings, a bracelet, and a matching necklace. Even without the cachet of coming from her personal collection, they were worth a sizeable amount and Taylor was specific about who they should go to following her death in March,

See Full Schedule. I can think of no other word to describe a combination of plenitude, frugality, abundance, tightness. She was lavish. She was a dark unyielding largesse. She was, in short, too bloody much.

The actress would have been 84 today. According to a tell-all biography by Danforth Prince and Darwin Potter, Ronald Reagan then 36 years old allegedly invited a teenage Taylor to his home and seduced her. We sat on his sofa and I could tell he wanted to get it on but he seemed reluctant to make the first move.