My fav John Warner story: John Warner met Liz Taylor at dinner -- with Queen Elizabeth AP NEWS

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John Warner, is he the last of the respectable and sane Republicans?

Never mind, I loved this story. (even respectable Republicans could be anti-labor, that was one their main goals, after all wage suppression and lack of political power for the working and middle classes.)

But before all that, Warner, who died Tuesday at 94, became famous as the sixth man to walk down the aisle with violet-eyed movie star Elizabeth Taylor.

The two met on a blind date in 1976 when the British ambassador asked Warner to escort Taylor to an embassy party honoring another Elizabeth, the Queen of England, who was visiting Washington. They married that December on Warner’s farm near Middleburg, Virginia.

“Well, I thought we would get married, live on the farm, raise horses,” Taylor told Larry King on his show in 2001. ”... And I thought it would be all very sort of farmish, and jobby, horsey, and I could have animals, and I would go out and brand the cattle.”
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1. When she was married to him,

I saw a picture of her on a riding lawnmower. I thought it seemed out of character.

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2. She was grand and proved it when she stepped to stop the demonization of HIV and instead

supported those who were ill and promoted spending for research and spending for solutions.

[murielm99]

3. Yes.

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6. That would feel odd knowing she was such a well known beauty, but she also proved her

humanity when nearly everyone else important was shunning and shaming HIV patients.

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4. Terrific story, and it was great to have

Elizabeth and John in DC for a while, upper Georgetown is where they had a home.

Her eyes really were violet color my brother said, he met Elizabeth thru a school friend while they were at Georgetown Univ. in the late 1970s.

Her humanitarianism, advocacy and work with HIV, AIDS was exceptional.

I can see the couple in Middleburg, a lovely small town and environs with charm and natural beauty. Plenty of horses for Miss National Velvet..

Here's the AP news story link:

https://apnews.com/article/larry-king-elizabeth-taylor-john-warner-entertainment-b98a2889df69f2bd46fa6984ef8926ac



- Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney and The Pie in 'National Velvet,' 1944.



- Elizabeth Taylor & husband Sen. John Warner in NY, Jan. 1977.

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5. Nice, thanks for adding the story and photos to the post.