FRANCE’S richest woman, the cosmetics heiress Liliane Bettencourt, was ordered to be placed under the legal protection of relatives by a French court yesterday in the latest twist in a family drama worthy of television’s Dallas or Dynasty.

ONE of the world’s richest women appears to have taken L’Oreal’s most famous slogan “because you’re worth it” a step too far and caused a huge financial rift with her daughter.