Many words will be spoken of Ms. Taylor, many memories will be recalled, and while we never personally met this icon of the world, the Sovereign Barony of Nonsuch nonetheless pays tribute to her for her contributions to the world of cinema, her humanitarianism, and her activism.
While our earliest memory of Elizabeth Taylor was from her portrayal of Cleopatra, our greatest memory was of an interview she gave with Larry King in which she discussed, among other topics, her jewelry, and in particular the Taylor-Burton diamond, and the even more famous Krupp Diamond.
In the interview, Ms. Taylor talked about how it was so wonderfully ironic that a diamond once owned by the German war criminal Alfried Krupp should end up on the finger of a nice Jewish girl, but it was her talk of the Taylor-Burton diamond that inspired our greatest respect.
In 1978, after her second divorce from Sir Richard Burton, Ms. Taylor sold the diamond at auction for $5,000,000.00 (nearly $17Million in today's dollars) and donated the proceeds to build a hospital in Botswana.
Dame Elizabeth Taylor, I salute you.
His serene & sovereign lordship,
Wesley,
Baron of Nonsuch
