Taylor blasts wedding rumours

Elizabeth Taylor has denied reports she's planning to tie the knot for the ninth time with a man 17 years her junior.

The 74-year-old reportedly told her actress friend Debbie Reynolds she was thinking about marriage again after falling for portrait artist Firooz Zahedi. He has recently helped her through a string of health problems including congestive heart failure and crippling arthritis.

But Taylor insists she's not even dating Zahedi, let alone marrying him.

She says: "We are not, never have been and will never be romantically involved. My private life and my plans, at this time remain private."

The actress' previous husbands include Richard Burton and truck driver Larry Fortensky, who she divorced in 1996.