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Liz Taylor's 'Welsh grave' plan Sep 6 2004 Robin Turner, The Western Mail THE family of movie star Richard Burton has backed plans by Elizabeth Taylor to be buried next to her former husband - in his birthplace in the Welsh village of Pontrhydyfen. Hard drinking Burton, who died in 1984, was laid to rest in Celigny, Switzerland where he had a mountain retreat. But while he was married to Elizabeth Taylor the pair purchased burial plots in Pontrhydyfen's Jerusalem Cemetery, next to Burton's parents, outside Port Talbot. Wheelchair-bound Taylor, now suffering from Parkinson's Disease, has told friends she wants to be buried next to Burton in Wales. She has given instructions for Burton's body to be moved from Switzerland to the plot in Pontrhydyfen. But some of the actress's advisers have become concerned about her latest wishes. One said, "It may be difficult to get things changed, given her illness, and she sometimes talks about Richard Burton as if he was still alive." But one possible obstacle to any exhumation and re-burial has already been removed because a number of Richard Burton's family members have given their permission for the move. The actor's niece, former Pobl y Cwm actress Sian Owen said, "The plots are still there and if Liz wants to rest there then she can. She was always the love of his life. "Even when he was married to other women he telephoned her every day without fail. "We would love to see his remains brought home to Pontrhydyfen. But his widow, Sally, has overall control of the body, not us." She added, "He told me it was where he wanted to be buried." SOURCE: ic Wales, UK http://tinyurl.com/4yxn8 * * * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn