Overview
- Saint-Tropez municipal sources, cited by AFP, say Brigitte Bardot will be buried in the town’s marine cemetery alongside her parents, with the funeral date not yet announced.
- Earlier claims from friend and journalist Wendy Bouchard that Bardot would be buried in her La Madrague garden are at odds with officials, and such private interments require prefectural approval.
- Media estimates put Bardot’s fortune at about $65 million, with most assets intended for the Fondation Brigitte Bardot, which says it will carry on her animal-protection work.
- Under France’s réserve héréditaire, at least 50% of the estate must go to her only child, Nicolas-Jacques Charrier, regardless of testamentary wishes.
- Biographers report Bardot had pre-transferred or encumbered significant assets to benefit the foundation, raising questions about the base on which the mandatory share will be calculated.