Elizabeth Taylor:love letter lecked

The Cleopatra legend,Elizabeth Taylor has revealed the intense notes her late former husband sent to her during their tumultuous union, which saw them marry and divorce twice.

Taylor read her collection of letters to the authors of Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century - a book looking back on their love affair.

And in one note, Burton explains how he can't live without the great beauty, writing, "If you leave me I shall have to kill myself. There is no life without you."

In another, he explains, "You must know, of course, how much I love you. You must know, of course, how badly I treat you. But the fundamental and most vicious, swinish, murderous, and unchangeable fact is that we totally misunderstand each other.

"We operate on alien wavelengths. You are as distant as Venus - planet, I mean - and I am tone-deaf to the music of the spheres. I love you and I always will. Come back to me as soon as you can."

Extracts from the tome have been published in June's (10) Vanity Fair, and show that the fiery romance also had a playful side - with Burton calling Taylor by a number of silly nicknames, including 'My Lumps', 'Dearest Scrupelshrumpilstilskin', and 'Twit Twaddle'.
The actress also admits she keeps her final letter from Burton in her bedside drawer, after receiving the poignant post when she returned home from his memorial service in 1984.

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