Elizabeth Taylor’s collection of jewellery, art, designer clothing and other memorabilia will be taken on an international three-month tour before being sold at auction.

New York’s Broadway lights will be dimmed in tribute to Dame Elizabeth Taylor tonight.

Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor, the violet-eyed film goddess whose sultry screen roles were often upstaged by her stormy personal life, died today aged 79.

Elizabeth Taylor returned to the stage, after persuading striking TV and film writers to briefly put down their picket signs.

Swathed in jewels and bathed in the spotlight, Elizabeth Taylor made a rare but regal public appearance to dedicate the new UCLA Clinical AIDS Research and Education Centre.