Lynda Bellingham's widower has bought an eight-bedroom mansion for £605,000 after 'evicting' her sons from the family flat

  • Lynda Bellingham's widower Michael Pattemore bought £605,000 mansion 
  • The 61-year-old also 'evicted' her sons from the family home in London
  • Pattemore and Lynda's sons are now embroiled in a dispute over her estate
  • He has been on exotic holidays and has claimed he sleeps with her ghost

By Keiligh Baker for MailOnline

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Lynda Bellingham's widower has bought an eight-bedroom mansion for £605,000 after reportedly evicting her two sons from the family flat.

Michael Pattemore, 61, bought the Grade II listed Manse Manor Hall at Crewkerne, Somerset, in December 2015, just a year after the Loose Women star died of colon cancer.

But her sons from a previous marriage, Robbie and Michael Peluso, say their stepfather 'evicted them' from their family home. They claim he sent them a text message while on holiday telling them to leave the North London flat he and Lynda bought for £1.1million in 2008.

Lynda married property developer Mr Pattemore in 2008 and left everything to him in her will. They are pictured together at her investiture ceremony in 2014)

Lynda Bellingham's widower Michael Pattemore has bought an eight-bedroom mansion for £605,000 after reportedly evicting her two sons from the family flat 

The property developer has faced an online backlash ever since claims surfaced that he had privately disowned the sons of Oxo mum Lynda, despite telling her he would look after them.

The sons also claim Pattemore, Lynda's third husband, refused to give them a copy of her will and say they have each received just £750 in inheritance since she died - while the widower has spent thousands.

Within months of her death, he had been to Dubai three times, as well as Peru, Canada and on a round-the-world trip for eight weeks.

He has also posted selfies of himself in Canada, New Zealand, Tahiti, Australia and Cuba to his late wife's Twitter account. 

Michael Pattemore, 61, bought the Grade II listed Manse Manor Hall at Crewkerne, Somerset, (pictured) in December 2015, just a year after the Loose Women star died of colon cancer

Michael Pattemore, 61, bought the Grade II listed Manse Manor Hall at Crewkerne, Somerset, (pictured) in December 2015, just a year after the Loose Women star died of colon cancer

Michael (left) and Robbie (right) claim Pattemore also refused to give them a copy of her will and say they have each received just £750 in inheritance since she died - while the widower has spent thousands

Michael (left) and Robbie (right) claim Pattemore also refused to give them a copy of her will and say they have each received just £750 in inheritance since she died - while the widower has spent thousands

In one selfie he sips a glass of wine in front of Ayers Rock in Australia.

Lynda's son Robbie,  27, a guest relations manager at a London hotel, told The Mirror: 'He said I’d have to move out as he’d decided to move to Somerset and wanted to rent out the flat.

'I don’t think being asked to leave my home less than a year after my mum had died constitutes looking after her boys.'

A source close to the family told the paper: 'Lynda told Michael he should look after Robbie and Michael. Now they’re complaining he hasn’t honoured his promise.

'Meanwhile he’s bought an eight-bedroom house and been on all these holidays. I ­wonder what Lynda’s sons will think about this. It seems to be a big contrast between his lifestyle and theirs.'

Michael, a 32-year-old actor, previously told the Mail on Sunday: ‘He sat me down and instead of giving it [the will] to me, he read it. 

'He said, “This sum is to be split between you and Robbie, and another sum is to be split between you, Robbie, Bradley and Stacey,” who are his children. 

Life of luxury: Snapping selfies in front of famous landmarks, this is Lynda Bellingham's widower accused by her sons of splurging their mother's estate on holidays. Michael Pattemore is seen at Ayers Rock in Australia

Life of luxury: Snapping selfies in front of famous landmarks, this is Lynda Bellingham's widower accused by her sons of splurging their mother's estate on holidays. Michael Pattemore is seen at Ayers Rock in Australia

On the beach: Following Lynda's death aged 66 in October 2014, her sons assumed that, in time, Pattemore would come to them with a copy of her will. But months passed before he finally agreed to share it

On the beach: Following Lynda's death aged 66 in October 2014, her sons assumed that, in time, Pattemore would come to them with a copy of her will. But months passed before he finally agreed to share it

Michael Pattemore has posted pictures of his travels on Lynda Bellingham's Twitter account since her death

Michael Pattemore has posted pictures of his travels on Lynda Bellingham's Twitter account since her death

Sunning himself: Another one of the photos shows property developer Pattemore at the Great Wall of China 

Sunning himself: Another one of the photos shows property developer Pattemore at the Great Wall of China 

'But he added, “Everything’s been left to me, so it will go to you when I decide.” I was sitting there crying, thinking, “Oh God, no.”’

Robbie said: ‘When he read it to me later, he actually chuckled and tried to make a joke, saying, “So you’d better not do anything to annoy me.”

'He obviously realised how awkward it was that he’d effectively said he now had control over everything my mother had worked for her entire life.' 

Michael said: ‘Within a few months of Mum’s death, he’d been to Dubai three times, to Peru, to Canada to see where Mum was born and on a round-the-world trip for eight weeks. 

'He also went to Dublin for a hair transplant and he bought himself a brand-new Chevrolet Corvette, despite already driving a brand-new Range Rover my mum had bought him.

‘He hardly made a penny the entire time he was with my mother – it was all hers.

‘We started to wonder if he was rubbing our faces in it.' 

Pattemore (front left), son Robert (front right) and Lynda's stepson Bradley (second from left) carry her coffin

Pattemore (front left), son Robert (front right) and Lynda's stepson Bradley (second from left) carry her coffin

Within months of Lynda's death Pattemore had been to Dubai three times, as well as Peru, Canada and on a round-the-world trip for eight weeks
Michael Pattemore

Within months of Lynda's death Pattemore had been to Dubai three times, as well as Peru, Canada and on a round-the-world trip for eight weeks

Just a few weeks ago, Pattemore faced a huge backlash after claiming in an interview with Spirit and Destiny magazine that he regularly had sex with Lynda's ghost.

That 'disrespectful' interview marked the final straw, her hotel guest relations manager son Robbie, 27, said.

'She should be remembered for all the wonderful work she did as an actress and the inspiring courage she showed at the end of her life, not for these tacky revelations that are tarnishing the reputation she worked so hard for,' he told the Mail on Sunday.

'When I read the interview about her ghost, I knew it was time to stand up for her, and give our side of everything that’s happened since my mother’s death.

'Our stepfather always says he’s close to us, but that’s not the case. We want the public to know that a lot of what they’ve been told just isn’t true.'

Speaking recently about the allegations, Mr Pattemore has said the situation is 'frustrating' and insists the whole story hasn't been given.

MailOnline has contacted him for comment. 

Lynda was well known throughout the UK for playing the mother in the Oxo adverts, pictured, in the 1980s and 1990s

Lynda was well known throughout the UK for playing the mother in the Oxo adverts, shown, in the 80s and 90s

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