Recent Publicity
Bettencourt has generally shunned media attention and grants few interviews. Since 2007 she has faced intense media scrutiny and publicity over her relationship with François-Marie Banier, the estrangement with her daughter Françoise and her alleged funding of conservative French politicians, including former French president Nicolas Sarkozy.
In August 2012 she sold her private island, D'Arros island to a Seychelles-registered conservation business linked to the Swiss Save our Seas Foundation. The island was sold for £60 million.
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