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\n<\/span><\/p>\nA collection of letters written by a young Dame Elizabeth Taylor to her first love are to be sold at auction.<\/p>\n
The 66 letters were penned by the late actress when was she was 17 years old to her first fiance, William Pawley, the son of a former US ambassador.<\/p>\n
Written between March and November 1949, they give an insight into Dame Elizabeth’s rise to Hollywood fame.<\/p>\n
The actress died in Los Angeles last month after a long history of ill health aged 79.<\/p>\n
In one letter dated 28 March, Dame Elizabeth wrote: “I want our hearts to belong to each other throughout eternity. <\/p>\n
“I want us to be ‘lovers’ always, even after we’ve been married seventy-five years and have at least a dozen great-great-grandchildren.”<\/p>\n
In another letter she told Mr Pawley she was “completely convinced that you are the only man in the world that I shall ever love”.<\/p>\n
By September, the actress was writing about giving back her diamond engagement ring at her fiance’s request, but appeared reluctant to end the relationship saying: “I know with all my heart and soul that this is not the end for us”.<\/p>\n
The Oscar-winner went on to have seven husbands.<\/p>\n
The collection was bought two years ago from Mr Pawley, who is now retired, a spokesman for RR Auctions said.<\/p>\n
“We rarely come across a collection as rich as this, the letters are in a pristine condition,” Bobby Livingston said.<\/p>\n
“William Pawley clearly loved and cherished them for all these years.”<\/p>\n
The online auction will take place between May 12 and 19.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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