El Privilegio de Amar is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carla Estrada for Televisa. It aired on Canal de las Estrellas from July 27, 1998, to February 26, 1999. El Privilegio de Amar is a remake of the 1985 Venezuelan novela, Cristal. El Privilegio de Amar is the highest-rated television program in Mexico to date, it registered an average of 34.8 percent of TV audience. The telenovela received TVyNovelas Award for Best Telenovela, in 1999.