Brigitte Bardot’s disinherited widower was ‘caught on camera stashing away her personal items’ it is claimed amid row over the actress’s will

Reports say security cameras at Brigitte Bardot’s home filmed her widower, Bernard d’Ormale, removing personal belongings as a dispute over her will and estate intensifies. The claims have added to tensions between d’Ormale, who was left nothing in the will, and the foundation and family set to inherit her estate.

A source said the items included gold coins, jewellery, a guitar and a Mini Moke car; d’Ormale says he put possessions away for safekeeping and objects to their sale. He was evicted from La Madrague and removed as president of Bardot’s animal charity. Her estate is due to go to the Brigitte Bardot Foundation and her only son, Nicolas Charrier; the couple shared 33 years, though their 1992 religious wedding in Norway was not legally valid in France.