College Pays Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor, who died on Wednesday, will be much missed as
a friend to the Royal Welsh College.
She was a great supporter of the College and flew over from her
home in America just last year to attend a Royal Gala, where she presented His Royal
Highness, The Prince of Wales with a bust of her late husband,
Richard Burton, to be placed in the new theatre which bears his
name.
Lord Rowe-Beddoe, who knew Richard Burton from their school
days, described Elizabeth Taylor as an ‘extraordinary and
dynamic woman’.
On hearing the news, Principal Hilary Boulding
said, “The Royal Gala was a very touching evening. Elizabeth
watched our students perform and seemed really charmed by them. She
presented the Prince of Wales with the bust of Richard Burton which
will stand in the foyer of the new theatre and she was very moved
and quite tearful.
It’s a very sad day today but we feel there will be something of
her memory here at the new theatre which is in recognition of the
person she was greatly in love with.”