ZSA Zsa Gabor's widower has defended himself for keeping his late wife's ashes at his home instead of interring them at a cemetery.

Frederic Prinz von Anhalt told People magazine that Gabor's urn belongs to him and he will do what he wants with it.

Mr Von Anhalt told the magazine he brought the ashes home and put them on his fireplace after Gabor's December 30 funeral, which he says is "a normal thing to do".

But Gabor's former publicist Edward Lozzi told the magazine the star has a plot waiting for her at a Los Angeles cemetery next to her sister Eva Gabor and her daughter, Francesca.

Mr Von Anhalt denied that Mr Lozzi ever represented Gabor and said he does not know who he is.

Gabor died on December 18 at the age of 99.