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== Personal life == She is fluent in French and Italian.<ref name=":0" /> In the early 1960s, Christie dated actor [[Terence Stamp]].<ref name="Julie Christie Biography at Yahoo! Movies" /> She had a live-in relationship with Don Bessant, a lithographer and art teacher, from December 1962 to May 1967,<ref name="Hayward">''Julie Christie'', [[Anthony Hayward]] (Robert Hale, 2000)</ref> before dating actor [[Warren Beatty]] for seven on-and-off years (1967β1974).<ref name="divine" /> Christie was also linked romantically with musician [[Brian Eno]], record producer [[Lou Adler]], director [[Jim McBride]] and photographer [[Terry O'Neill (photographer)|Terry O'Neill]].<ref name="Hayward" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Terry O'Neill obituary|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/terry-oneill-obituary-f5cnhgd8d|date=17 November 2019}}</ref> Christie was married to journalist [[Duncan Campbell (journalist, born 1944)|Duncan Campbell]] from 2005 until his death in 2025;<ref>{{cite news |first=Michael |last=Savage |title=Duncan Campbell, celebrated Guardian crime reporter, dies aged 80 |date=16 May 2025 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/may/16/duncan-campbell-celebrated-guardian-reporter-dies-aged-80 |access-date=19 May 2025}}</ref> they had lived together since 1979.<ref>{{cite web|title=Julie Christie Biography|work=[[TV Guide]] |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/julie-christie/bio/159336 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201162431/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/julie-christie/bio/159336 |archive-date=1 December 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In January 2008, several news outlets reported that the couple had quietly married in India two months earlier, in November 2007,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2249161,00.html|work=The Guardian|location=London|title=Julie Christie gets married|date=30 January 2008|access-date=7 May 2010}}</ref> which Christie called "nonsense", adding, "I have been married for a few years. Don't believe what you read in the papers."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20177380,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080318235436/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20177380,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 March 2008|title=Oscar Nominee Julie Christie: I've Been Married for Years|author=Dimi Gaidatzi|date=11 February 2008|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref> In the late 1960s, her advisers adopted a very complex scheme in an attempt to reduce her tax liability, giving rise to the leading case of ''Black Nominees Ltd v Nicol (Inspector of Taxes)''. The case was heard by Judge Sydney Templeman (who later became [[Lord Templeman]]), who gave judgement in favour of the [[Inland Revenue]], ruling that the scheme was ineffective.<ref>[1975] STC 372.</ref> She is active in various causes, including [[animal rights]], [[environmental protection]], and the [[Anti-nuclear movement|anti-nuclear power movement]]. In the 1980s she was a supporter of the [[Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Christie |first1=Julie |title=Protest and survive |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/sep/06/post341 |access-date=9 April 2025 |publisher=The Guardian |date=6 September 2006}}</ref> She is a Patron of the [[Palestine Solidarity Campaign]],<ref name="PSC Patrons">{{cite web|url=http://www.palestinecampaign.org/Index5b.asp?m_id=1&l1_id=2&l2_id=12|title=Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Patrons|date=n.d.|publisher=Palestine Solidarity Campaign|access-date=10 March 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302091920/http://www.palestinecampaign.org/Index5b.asp?m_id=1&l1_id=2&l2_id=12|archive-date=2 March 2009}}</ref> as well as [[Reprieve (organisation)|Reprieve]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reprieve.org.uk/board|title=Reprieve β Board and Patrons|work=Reprieve}}</ref> and the [[Chronic fatigue syndrome|CFS/ME]] charity [[Action for ME]].<ref>[http://www.actionforme.org.uk/get-informed/about-us/people/patrons List of Patrons at Action for ME official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204073545/http://www.actionforme.org.uk/get-informed/about-us/people/patrons |date=4 December 2014 }}, actionforme.org.uk; accessed 29 October 2016.</ref> Christie is a [[Vegetarianism|vegetarian]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20120911035056/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3574054/Julie-Christie-has-done-us-no-favours.html "Julie Christie has done us no favours"]. telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.</ref>
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