Elizabeth Taylor Fashionably Late Even at Her Own Funeral

The screen legend was laid to rest in Forest Lawn Memorial Park on Thursday in a small private ceremony that started 15 minutes later than scheduled, reports NYDailyNews.com.

“She even wanted to be late for her own funeral,” a family representative announced, saying Taylor had left instructions asking for the late start.

Helicopters buzzed overhead and a handful of fans milled about as black limos carried about four dozen relatives and close friends into the same cemetery as her beloved friend, Michael Jackson.

Taylor, 79, who died Wednesday of congestive heart failure, was entombed in the same large, multilevel mausoleum as the King of Pop.

Her closed casket was draped with a blanket of gardenias, violets and lily of the valley.

The multi-denominational service, officiated by Rabbi Jerry Cutler, lasted about an hour and included a poetry reading by actor Colin Farrell, who recited Gerard Manley Hopkins’ “The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo.”

That was followed by more readings by Taylor’s son, Michael Wilding, her grandson, Tarquin Wilding, and Tarquin’s daughter, Liza Burton Tivey.

A larger memorial service is expected in the next two weeks, actress Debbie Reynolds said.

“I don’t like funerals but I will go out of respect, and I’m sure her family will rejoice in the fact they had a wonderful mother and friend — a great and glamorous woman,” Reynolds, 78, said.