Elizabeth Taylor is a name that evokes glamor, independence, and passion.
During the height of her popularity in the 1950s, Taylor likely could have had any man she desired.
Their private drama would play out throughout filming and their tryst setting the stage for a multi-year romance.
Taylor was the wife of Eddie Fisher, while Burton was wed to his wife, Sybil.
Their affair became so scandalous that it was condemned by the Vatican.
But not for long.
Torrid but tumultuous
The couple continued to make waves after their wedding.
Theystarred in various filmstogether, amassed millions, and adopted a child.
Everywhere they went, they were mobbed, hounded, and harassed.
Yet it was always to be a dream and never a reality.
There was no denying that their hectic relationship seemed as if it was doomed from the beginning.
Burton was equally ablaze with romanticism, stating, “I love you badly like a disease.
I dream of you curled up asleep.
I’m even jealous of the bed.
A love so all-consuming couldn’t burn so fiercely forever.
The couple became self-destructive, earning them the moniker “Battling Burtons.”
A month after their 10th wedding anniversary in 1974, their divorce was announced.
Burton and Taylor’s passion was often detailed in prolific love letters.
Unfortunately, nine months later, Taylor would sign a much less romantic document her divorce papers.
Nevertheless, only Taylor’s fifth and sixth marriages would be to Burton.
She seemed to know that while they captivated one another, they also drove each other crazy.
And that she did.
A hopeless romantic, Taylor would go on to be married twice more.
