‘One request made me turn down Beckham wedding!’ - secrets of an A-list party planner
01.03.2023 - 11:27
/ ok.co.uk
During the last few decades, Liz Taylor, 66, from Cheshire, has thrown eye-wateringly expensive and glamorous parties for everyone, from the King to TV royalty such as Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan, and even turned down Victoria and David Beckham. The couple are currently in the midst of some party planner drama themselves.They are reportedly feeling “horrified” and “embarrassed” after intimate details of their son Brooklyn’s wedding were revealed as part of a bitter lawsuit. Here Liz tells us all about her incredible career so far, and how she's avoided those situations...
""Oh, so you’re the other Liz Taylor,” Prince Charles, as he then was, says to me. I’m attending a prestigious Prince’s Trust lunch in Manchester, in my role as the charity’s first female board member in the North West. “No, I’m THE Liz Taylor,” I tell him, with a straight face.
He bursts into laughter – but it’s true, I’ve made a name for myself as the ultimate party planner. My reputation precedes me. Over the years I’ve worked with royals many times, planning their lavish parties.
I helped throw a Centrepoint charity ball in 2013, attended by Prince William who famously sang on stage with Taylor Swift and Jon Bon Jovi. I’d received a call only three weeks previously and was summoned to Kensington Palace the very next day. I pulled off a dinner for 250 VIP guests, followed by a concert in a marquee with a spectacular winter wonderland theme complete with life-size ballerina statues, snowflakes projections and glistening trees.