Elizabeth taylor and richard burton

PEOPLE has a first look at rare photos of Elizabeth Taylor from the new book, Forever Elizabeth

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We're all frantically casting around for streamed films and TV shows to distract us at the moment and last week, a very strong but half-forgotten London thriller was digitally rereleased. Villain was part of a dark stream of British crime movies that appeared in the late 1960s and early 70s, offering a bleaker and less romanticised view of mobsters than their American counterparts.

It's been forty years since society photographer Richard Young first got his major break. Since then, he's snapped photos of the most famous stars in the celebrity pantheon.

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Richard Burton & Elizabeth Taylor

Photos of the life of the inimitable Elizabeth Taylor will be on sale at Getty Images Gallery in London.

Is Eddie going to sue for Liza Todd? Is Mike Wilding trying to get custody of his boys? In the answer to these questions—in the questions themselves—lies the real tragedy behind all the headlines from Rome.

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton kiss each other on a terrace. Taormina, Italy, July 1972.

Eight photographers have contributed rare photos to a new book, Forever Elizabeth, including Gered Mankowitz who went to Sardinia to capture the star while she was on set for 1968 film Boom!