"You really are a knucklehead!" – Elizabeth Taylor Press Conference (1999)

On 10 April 1999, Elizabeth Taylor entertained a press-packed room at the Dorchester Hotel in London. Taylor was staying at the hotel ahead of that year's BAFTAs, where she was being awarded BAFTA Fellowship, the Academy's lifetime achievement award.

During a 40-minute session and sporting items from her renowned jewellery collection, Liz Taylor answered questions on a range of subjects including her connection to Wales, rumours of yet another marriage, her memories of staying at the Dorchester (including a near-death experience), whether beauty is a curse, and her favourite actors and actresses in Hollywood. Reflecting with candour and wit on her eventful life, Taylor explained what she believed caused the breakdown in her eight marriages, and pondered on what she might do differently if she could live her life over again.

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00:00 Introduction
01:34 Photoshoot
06:23 Press conference begins
07:50 On seven-year absence from Britain
10:03 On war in Kosovo
11:20 On connection to Wales
13:08 On Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
14:34 On receiving BAFTA Fellowship
16:11 On rumours of another marriage
19:10 On being a legend
19:41 How Hollywood has changed
21:05 On loving bangers and mash
21:35 On her near-death experience
24:07 On God and spirituality
25:29 On producing and directing
27:07 The curse of beauty
28:44 Favourite stars in Hollywood
30:20 On the Grand National
31:00 Tips for surviving in Hollywood
31:58 Being born in London
32:26 Advice for young women on men and marriage
34:52 The most attractive man in Hollywood
36:10 On life's regrets
36:53 On still being a hell-raiser

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