The press likened their reunion to the ill-fated remarriage of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.

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Mounted on a ring, it was a gift from Richard Burton to Elizabeth Taylor.

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On the outskirts of the city, the villa was a popular getaway in the 1960s--attracting guests like Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor--and was restored in 2002.

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Artefacts displayed at the screening included letters written by Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, photographs, original scripts signed by Victor Spinetti and other members of the cast.

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"The same beach that I built my boyhood sand castles and learned to flailingly swim, it was that same beach, that one legendary day, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor descended from the heavens, like gods from Olympus, in a helicopter ... and landed on those sands, " Sheen said.

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Elizabeth Taylor divorced Richard Burton in 1974 after ten years of marriage, only to remarry him a year later.

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While America remains captivated by the sleaze and glamour of Hollywood, honouring an age-old tradition since the days of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, there will always remain an industry of people who can provide the goods.

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In 1925, Welsh stage and screen actor Richard Burton, twice married to and divorced from Elizabeth Taylor, born.

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La Peregrina remained in American hands until 1969, when Richard Burton bought it at auction in New York for Elizabeth Taylor.

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