Dame Elizabeth Taylor's shark spot

Dame Elizabeth Taylor has been on a shark spotting boat trip. The legendary actress enjoyed a two hour, six mile trip on the specialist viewing boat 'Kainani' off the coast of Hawaii, accompanied by a group of friends and her dog, Daisy. Taylor was dressed in a long kaftan-style nightdress, blue slipper socks and minimal makeup. She was, however, dripping with jewels and sporting her signature scarlet nail varnish. The actress was wheeled from her limo to the 32ft chartered yacht where she was winched up out her wheelchair and helped onto the deck by two aides. Taylor looked happy as she chatted to friends and sipped bottled water as she watched other guests on the £52 trip don snorkels and masks to go shark spotting in the ocean. The 'Cleopatra' star had been holidaying on the Hawaiian island of North Oahu, from where the boat set sail, and it is believed she booked the trip to prove that, contrary to reports, she is not close to death. Taylor recently appeared on the 'Larry King Live' chat show, her first TV appearance in three years, to dispel rumours that she is dying.

She told King: "If they want to hear that I'm dead, well sorry folks, I'm not. And I don't plan on it either."