The Proust Ball, thrown in honor of the 100th anniversary of Marcel Proust’s birth in 1971, might be considered Marie-Helene de Rothschild’s greatest triumph. Around 350 guests attended the party and during the era's most paparazzi chased celebrities were the Burtons. Conde Nast publications hired Cecil Beaton to photograph, especially the Burtons even though Beaton hated them. Luckily since Beaton was getting no good photos, Elizabeth Taylor went into a pensive pose and got the photo of the night of her and Burton. Sir Cecil Beaton made a rather fool of himself and was as petty a person as they come. The Burtons were still buying some of the worlds most expensive jewellery and yet they still later donated the sale of the Krupp diamond to benefit a hospital in Botswana. I redid this photo and created a background in the small area Beaton had to photograph in. I put in rather a large photo by attribution, as so many of my photos have been circulated by other companies on the internet.
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