Hopes of reconciliation between glamorous television chef Nigella Lawson and husband Charles Saatchi seem futile -- the embattled pair has begun to remove their personal belongings from the Chelsea, south-west London, home they once shared.

For the second successive day, movers were photographed outside the estranged couple's $21 million marital home, taking away boxes, paintings and others items.

The day before, Lawson's sister Horatia supervised as the 53-year-old queen of cuisine's personal effects were removed, incuding boxes labelled 'cookbooks' and 'kitchen'