Man to face court over QLD woman murder

A 63-year-old man is due to face a Brisbane court after he was charged with the murder of a socialite at her Kangaroo Point apartment.

A man is due in a Brisbane court today charged with the murder of socialite Maureen Boyce (pic). (AAP)

A man is due in a Brisbane court charged with the murder of socialite Maureen Boyce.

Police were called to an apartment at Kangaroo Point on Thursday morning where they found the body of Ms Boyce.

A 63-year-old man, who had been staying with the 68-year-old woman, was charged on Friday night with murder and ordered to face Brisbane Magistrates Court on Saturday.

Ms Boyce was a successful model in the 1960s and '70s when she went by her maiden name Maureen Madden.