Elizabeth Taylor She is mentioned by her closest people as the “Queen of Love”. Speaking to People magazine, Tim Mendelsso, co-manager of her property and assistant from 1990 to her death in 2011, remembers how the journey of love was a guiding lighthouse in the life of the late actress.

“He loved love and I think in the end that the role he wanted more than anyone else was to be a wife. Something that is a little funny because it was so huge, so emblematic and so magnificent »Mentelson said.

“It had a royal quality and an innate charm. He really wanted to be on the side of a man … With what this entails, romance, passion for gifts. It was really the queen of love. “

Although Valentine’s Day is a reason for someone to celebrate love, Taylor appreciated the daily surprises and especially if they included a jewelry.

It was the perfect gift for Elizabeth, any day of the week, at any time of year. Richard Burton preferred not to offer her big gifts when she waited for them, such as Valentine’s Day or her birthday but when “the day was beautiful” or because it was “third”, always reminding her of loved her.

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One of the most iconic jewelry of her collection was the necklace La peregrina With the precious pear -shaped pearl bought by Burton for $ 37,000 as a gift for Valentine’s Day in 1969.

It is noted that he was found in 1500 in the Gulf of Panama and was a wedding gift of Philip II of Spain to his wife, Mary Tudor.

The jewelry remained in Taylor’s precious collection for the rest of her life. After her death, she was auctioned by Christie’s and was sold to an unknown bidder for the astronomical amount of $ 10.5 million.