Taylor’s royal collection of jewels to go under the hammer

ELIZABETH TAYLOR dazzled the world with her luminous beauty, lavish lifestyle — and an unquenchable passion for diamonds and jewels that was fuelled by the great loves of her life.

The late Hollywood star amassed one of the foremost jewellery collections in the world, including a 33.19-carat diamond ring and a 16th-century pear-shaped pearl from one of her seven husbands, Richard Burton.

Christie’s auction house is selling her complete jewellery collection, valued at $30 million (€21.3m), in New York on December 13-14.