The children of Elizabeth Taylor auction off her jewellery

No one else has questioned it because your pov is pathetic. Most of her net worth is likely tied up in that materialistic crap. You want her family to forgo their inheritance in honor of their slutty, shallow mother? A woman who did more to denigrate the idea of marriage than any other celeb and was likely less of a mother to them they she clearly was to millions of gay men like yourself? Get a life.

Was the blatant homophobia and misogyny really needed to make your point there?

Wolfduke, is that you Kyle?

How did she "denigrate the idea of marriage"? If anything, she celebrated it!

Side note: I still can't believe that the Taylor-Burton Diamond is real. It makes my eyes go O_O

As a person who has worked in deceased estates (i.e. the stuff left over when someone dies) I can provide some boringly sensible insight around the sale of Dame Elizabeths' jewelery. The punchline is - if you want to know the exact reason why her jewelery is being auctioned off, you'd need to have a look at her Will and talk to the lawyer handling the matter. But, for fun and speculation - let's put forward a few scenarios. One - it has been 8 months since her death, and if her Estate has a good legal team handling the practicalities, this is a decent time frame in which to auction off belongings. Yes, I know it feels like just yesterday we heard the news. However, between now and then there would've been alot going on in terms of administering Dame Elizabeths' Estate. Think about it - these gems require enormous resources in terms of storage and security, probably at museum levels (with frickin' lasers and stuff). If her children are still in mourning, maintaining the jewels would be a worrying headache in addition to their grief. Two - The proceeds of the auction could go to charity, or a foundation may be created for philanthropic activities. Again, many wealthy people will request this in their Wills. Three - In the case of unique and precious items, auction is the best solution because it prevents family infighting and lifts the weight of individual responsibilty. Just imagine if you inherited the Krupp Diamond whilst your sister inherited Wallis' brooch. Now imagine that you don't get along well with sis anyway, the Krupp Diamond is worth a fat chunk more AND your sister always had her eye on it. Things get nasty - fast. I've seen rifts created over china plates and wedding bands - imagine how much worse it could be. Four - The rich and their stuff is complicated. Way complicated. Once they're dead, it gets much worse. The bottom line is that the deathstyles of the rich and famous is complicated. Way complicated. There are reasons why Dame Elizabeth's children are tight-lipped and shy - they've got enough on their plate already. Just Google "Christina Onasis" if you want proof that inherited wealth can make life suck, hard.

Dammit *wishes she could insert spaces in previous comment above*

@glamourbeastie Such a good insight! Thank you!

Oh For God's sake... have a winge. They're not the crown jewels, and those kids aren't royalty! the insurance bill on that loot must be back breaking, let alone the safe keeping of it. And besides I'd love to be able to say this beautiful jewel was Elizbeth Taylors. And I'm no Rockerfeller. I totally agree with The Thin White Duke here, it's very complex, a legal circus probably. I do believe that when one acquires such rare and celebrated items that they come with a certificate of Provenance which remains with the item for generations and contributes to it's importance and value....

I'am seriously baffled by this also. I've recently lost my mother and anything relating to her I cherish, I thought I lost one of her bangles and cried for hours. I don't wear her jewellery but having hers makes me feel closer to her. Nothing of value to these jewels. I cant comprehend why her children wouldn't want one piece to remember her by? Also WOLFDUKE does it make you feel better slandering someone on the internet? Kind of Ironic you have an Amnesty poster which is an organisation which stand up for having HUMANITY , perhaps you should learn what that is before you shout homophobic claims.