One doctor authorised all 11 prescription medications found in Anna Nicole Smith's hotel room, most of them in the name of the starlet's companion, according to documents released by the US medical examiner's office in Florida.

The lawyer-turned-partner of Anna Nicole Smith has dropped his bid to halt the use of DNA to prove the paternity of the former Playboy playmate's infant daughter.

A judge in the Bahamas said he is close to resolving a legal issue that delayed an inquest into what caused the death of Anna Nicole Smith’s 20-year-old son.

Anna Nicole Smith's autopsy report is set to be released on Monday, following weeks of speculation over the star's death.

An ex-boyfriend of reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith returned to a Bahamas court today to press ahead with his claim for paternity of her baby daughter.

Former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith will be buried beside her 20-year-old son tomorrow in a custom-made gown after an extravagant private and "very pink" ceremony bringing together three factions battling for custody of her infant daughter.

Anna Nicole Smith’s body will leave for the Bahamas by private plane tomorrow morning, and the starlet will be buried hours later, said the attorney given control of her remains after weeks of legal fighting.

Anna Nicole Smith’s friends and family awaited the release of her body today, as they planned for starlet’s funeral in the Bahamas after weeks of legal wrangling over her remains.

Anna Nicole Smith will be buried next to her son Daniel in the Bahamas on Friday morning after a Florida court rejected an appeal by the late star's estranged mother.

Anna Nicole Smith’s estranged mother and her ex-boyfriend both testified that the starlet said she wanted to be buried in California, not the plots in the Bahamas or Texas that have been the focus of the fierce week-long legal debate.

The drawn-out US court battle over what to do with Anna Nicole Smith’s body has a new sense of urgency – the starlet’s remains are decomposing more quickly than expected and a public viewing could be in danger.

The bickering over Anna Nicole Smith spiralled into a post-death legal war, with judges on both US coasts issuing rulings and a parade of lawyers fighting for control of the body.

Prince Frederic von Anhalt, the husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, said today he plans to file a paternity challenge to gain custody of Anna Nicole Smith's infant daughter.

The locks at the Bahamas mansion where Anna Nicole Smith had been living were changed for the second time in 24 hours as a lawyer for the late reality TV star said he had retaken possession of the estate.

The mother of former Playboy playmate and model Anna Nicole Smith blamed drugs today for her daughter’s sudden death that ended an extraordinary tabloid life at just 39.

With major legal issues undecided, Anna Nicole Smith’s legacy could take years to untangle and could leave her baby daughter with millions of pounds or nothing at all.

Playboy magazine boss Hugh Hefner has paid tribute to his former Playmate, Anna Nicole Smith, after hearing the actress/model had passed away in Florida.

Anna Nicole Smith, the pneumatic blonde whose life played out as an extraordinary tabloid tale - Playboy centrefold, jeans model, bride of an octogenarian oil tycoon, reality-show subject, tragic mother – died yesterday after collapsing at a hotel. She was 39.