Elizabeth: The Biography of Elizabeth Taylor by J. Randy Taraborrelli

Author:J. Randy Taraborrelli [Taraborrelli, J. Randy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Published: 2011-03-24T22:00:00+00:00

“Pray for Us”

When Elizabeth Taylor turned forty in February 1972, she tried to be optimistic about the future during star-studded birthday festivities in Budapest (where Burton was filming Bluebeard). “I love my life and everything is going so well,” she told the press. A photo of her and Burton taken by Norman Parkinson in Hungary is quite haunting: Both are in luxurious black furs—she with a fur hood and wearing the magnificent Krupp diamond ring. He has his smoldering eyes fixed upon her because she is the only woman for him, no matter the cost to his ego or his emotional well-being. She returns his gaze with an equal measure of affection, but yet with a distant, faraway look that conveys both great love and tremendous sadness. By the time they began work on a two-part TV movie called Divorce His, Divorce Hers—their last film together—it was clear to anyone paying attention that the subject matter was more than a tad prophetic.

On July 4, 1973, she released the following statement:

“I am convinced that it would be a good and constructive idea if Richard and I are separated for a while. Maybe we loved each other too much—I never believed such a thing was possible.” It’s interesting to note that Elizabeth had a romantic view of why her marriage was in tatters: They had loved each other too much. If she viewed that relationship as loving, it certainly says a lot about her state of mind at that time, and about her criteria for a happy marriage.

“But we have been in each other’s pockets constantly,” the statement went on, “never being apart but for matters of life and death, and I believe it’s caused a temporary breakdown of communication. I believe with all my heart that the separation will ultimately bring us back to where we should be—and that’s together. I think in a few days’ time I shall return to California, because my mother is there, and I have old and true friends there, too. Friends are there to help each other, aren’t they? Isn’t that what it’s all supposed to be about? Wish us well during this difficult time.” She ended her statement with a simple plea: “Pray for us.”

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