Speaking on the steps of the High Court in London Monday, Heather Mills declared herself "so, so happy" with her nearly $50 million divorce settlement from Paul McCartney.

The summary states that the judge decided McCartney should pay Mills a lump sum of around $33 million, which together with existing assets of around $15 million means she will gain a divorce totaling nearly $50 million. The judge deemed that she had overspent during nearly two years of separation by $1 million.

The couple, who were married for just under four years, were not allowed to raise the issue of alleged misconduct, since the judge considered such details irrelevant.

A provision for daughter Beatrice consisting of periodical $70,000 payments was included, and McCartney has agreed to pay for her nanny and school fees. Of the provision, Mills said, "Beatrice only gets $70,000 a year so she is obviously meant to travel B class while her father travels A class. But obviously I will pay for that."
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Is that really her? Oh, man, that's too good. Why haven't I heard about this in the press?

The ruling questioned Ms Mills' statement that she owned a penthouse flat in Piccadilly worth "approximately £500,000" when she met Sir Paul, along with a Brighton property "worth £250,000".

"I have to say I cannot accept the wife's case that she was wealthy and independent by the time she met the husband in the middle of 1999," said Mr Justice Bennett.

He said the penthouse flat "was not worth £500,000 in 1999", adding she sold it in 2001 for £385,000 after the London property market had risen substantially since 1999.

"She did not in 1999 own the property in Brighton. That was not bought until March 2000," he said.

He also questioned her claim that she had £2m-£3m in the bank at this time, adding: "There is no documentary evidence to support that assertion."

And her claim to have had "very significant earnings as set out in her affidavit" were not supported by her tax returns, the ruling said.

The judge added that her tax returns "disclose no charitable giving at all", despite Mills saying she gave "as much as % or 90% of her earnings ... direct to charities".

Commenting on that claims, Ms Mills said it was because her accountant "hadn't ticked the tax return box".

The judge found the total value of Sir Paul's assets was about £400m. Ms Mills had sought £125m and been offered £15.8m.
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I still want to get married one day

All women do! - it's in their genes.

But they are doing a fine job of using the Judicial system of ensuring they won't.
I doubt I'll ever get married again for that very reason.
And I know none of my divorced male friends won't either.

It's just not worth it............... no matter how much we love them!

My ideal wedding is to elope, failing that a wedding with no more than 10 people and then a surprise BBQ party for anyone else who didn't get invited afterwards. Fuck a large white "extravagant" wedding. Even if someone handed me $100,000 to have a large wedding I wouldn't.

All women do! - it's in their genes.

This is so true I just HAVE to quote it.


And it comes up regularly in the evolutionary psychology books that I read.

For example, Mills claimed to need $60,000 annually to cover her equestrian needs and $80,000 to pay for her wine consumption. However, the judge noted that she no longer rides horse nor drinks alcohol.

Mills also claimed she was making as much as $500,000 a week before her marriage to McCartney from such pursuits as modeling, delivering lectures and writing.

She accused McCartney of stifling her career during their marriage, claiming he forced her to turn down lucrative offers from the United States, including a stint guest-hosting Larry King Live.

However, an investigation of her finances showed she was making as little as $84,000 a year before marrying McCartney, leading the judge to call her an "inconsistent and inaccurate" witness.

The judge also dismissed Mills' claim that her current earning potential is "zero," pointing out that she made $220,000 during her run on Dancing with the Stars last year.

Mills, a self-proclaimed activist, also claimed she would need $1.25 million a year to give to charities, but admitted she would be using $985,000 of that amount for traveling to appearances via helicopters and private jets.

Mills' other projected expenses laid out in her case against McCartney included a yearly clothing budget of $250,000 and $1.08 million for security.

After presiding over the case, Judge Hugh Bennetts opined in his ruling that Mills was her "own worst enemy. She has an explosive and volatile character."

McCartney, on the other hand, he deemed "accurate and honest," adding that the musician behaved appropriately throughout the proceedings.

"In my judgement, Mills’s attitude...is that she is entitled for the indefinite future, if not for the whole of her life, to live at the same 'rate' as McCartney and be kept in the style to which she perceives she was accustomed during the marriage," Bennett wrote.

The former Beatle has spoken out against his ex's need for 24-hour protection, pointing out that he has always lived without security staffers with the exception of the time he spent married to Mills.

Since the couple split, he has returned to living more modestly—a way of life he also wants 4-year-old Beatrice, his daughter with Mills—to experience.

"It is not healthy for a child to have security 24/7. It sets them apart from their peers and makes them an object of curiosity and, at times, ridicule," McCartney wrote in his court documents.

"Such children live in gilded cages. I do not want this for Beatrice. She needs as normal an upbringing as possible, and surrounding her with round-the-clock security is not the way to achieve this."

Miss Mills is now considering launching a new legal battle to have all the details made public, which she believes will allow people to make up their own minds, Mr Rosen said.

Last weeks, friends of the former model said she had hired a new team of forensic accountants to try to prove that her ex-husband Paul McCartney is worth double the £400 million he claimed in their divorce struggle.
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In contrast, Paul has removed every reference to Heather from his official website.

The former model - who earlier this month was awarded 24.3 million pound (NZ$60.8 million) divorce payout following her split from The Beatles legend - was recently criticised after she posted old videos of Sir Richard Branson and Hilary Clinton gushing over her.

Meanwhile, Paul, 65, is reportedly getting over the trauma of the past few weeks by enjoying a holiday with rumoured new love interest Nancy Shevall.

The musician is said to be staying on the tiny island of Jumby Bay, near Antigua, with the 47-year-old American socialite, who he was spotted kissing last November.
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Britsh paper the Daily Mail quotes her as saying, “In England, people don't like me. But I'm going to move to America, Los Angeles hopefully. I love England but everything that has happened makes me realise I'll be better off in the States.”

Mills reportedly spent the evening conversing with Hollywood publicist Elliot Mintz, who helped Paris Hilton build her own fame, thus kindling speculation that the former Lady McCartney intends to win Americans on her side and that she wants Mintz on her team.
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I've got news for her...we don't like her either.

Hasn't she already pursued the Paris Hilton whorebag angle with no success? What's next? Will she release a Paul McCartney sex tape to cement her American popularity?

Yeah, but she might just fit in with some of the Hollywood crazies!