Elizabeth Taylor Wedding Ring From Richard Burton

Taylor and burton actually married twice.

Elizabeth taylor wedding ring from richard burton. Elizabeth taylor richard burton the diamond ring. Mike todd taylor s 3rd husband presented her with a cartier engagement ring in 1957. The story of the taylor burton diamond.

It was gorgeous and while again the marriage was short lived todd died in a plane crash the following year the piece has gone down in celebrity history as one of the most dazzling diamond rings ever. Taylor long described the ring as her favorite piece in her entire collection. The life of the ring.

A stunning pear cut gem that elizabeth taylor started wearing this diamond in a ring but soon opted to have it added to a necklace that covered a scar from an emergency tracheotomy surgery. Liz dick showing off the amazing diamond ring he gave her for her 40th birthday. The taylor burton diamond is also known as the cartier diamond or the cartier burton diamond.

It says something about the taylor burton ring that todd s emerald cut 29 4ct ring is often almost an afterthought in the taylor collection. Let s take a look. It weighed in at 69 42 carats when purchased by elizabeth taylor and richard burton.

As we ve said the ring was made in 1968 shortly after burton presented the diamond to taylor. Photo getty it wasn t until around the time of their fourth wedding anniversary that richard gave elizabeth a diamond she wore as an engagement ring on the third finger of her left hand. In 1957 mike todd proposed to elizabeth taylor who this time was gifted a 29 4 carat emerald cut cartier engagement ring.

The original taylor burton diamond has been re cut since being sold to its current owner. With eight marriages comes eight proposals however and that means liz most definitely has some engagement rings to die for. The stone weighs in at 68 carats and was so valuable that taylor had a replica made.