Why should Heather Mills get £24 million?

Please accept that what I am about to write I do as someone who is a. A big fan of Paul McCartney and b. Entirely ignorant of divorce law.

But I just have to ask - why does Heather Mills get £24 million for being married to McCartney for four years?

Did she play a role in making the money? No, he earned his fortune before he met her.

Did she sacrifice her earnings or earning power while standin' by her man? No, she is certainly more marketable now than before she met McCartney. And any deterioration that has taken place in the last year has been as a result of her behaviour since the divorce.

Does she need £600,000 a year? No, nobody needs £600,000 a year. There might have been a case of her having become accustomed to it during their marriage, except for this - she was only married to him for a very short time.

Isn't it for the child? There is a separate sum - £35,000 plus nanny and school fees - for the child.

Far from mouthing off about the judge, Ms Mills should have been grateful that he upped the sum from Sir Paul's already very generous opening offer.

Perhaps you can come up with one good reason why she deserves the money.

Or maybe I should just retire and marry a Beatle.

UPDATE: Can't buy me love: The McCartney-Mills judgement

Comments

[Benzo]

As much as I love to disagree with you , I really can't on this issue .
It's appalling to see Marriage reduced to a business opportunity for women and the results will do little for society .

[julie smith]

Why should she get £24 million one reason and one alone, hers and Pauls daughter, that is why.

Why should the child be denied a level of wealth just because her parents are divorced ? Surely it's better both parents can offer her the same standard of living and not allow one who happens to be better off financially to hold this over her in years to come ?

[Julie Dale]

I have no sympathy for Paul McCartney - he knew what he was getting into when he got married. He should have had a pre-nup. Since he decided against it then he deserves whatever he gets.

[Diane]

It seems a fair amt to me (esp as it isn’t all cash, isn’t it something like 15 mil cash the rest “assets” like a house?). I think she did have a sort of role in “making the money” in that I think it was being in love w/her that got Paul to start touring again. Remember he’d said he’d never tour again after poor Linda’s death? She certainly did sacrifice her earnings, etc. while being w/him. She could hardly have a job, since you have to be w/Paul all the time. She’s hardly more marketable now, judging by what I’ve read in the UK press; some of you lot seem quite ready to kill her, or that’s what you say. Who’s going to hire her? Saying “nobody needs 600,000 a year” is rather arrogant on your part; who are you to say? Not that I know in her case (I'd up mine to a million — pounds — year, thank you very much). Ultimately, it’s Paul’s fault for not getting a pre-nup as his biz advisers told him. I suggest everyone get one; you never know if you’ll come into money. I had a friend who had to pay out a lot on his divorce because of that. They had no pre-nup because they were dirt poor when they married. Then, surprise, he became very successful.

[Frank Upton]

It works out at a lot less than $5,000 an hour.

[Karen Thatcher-Smith]

Outcomes are often baffling. My question is how someone who misspells "separate" can be appointed Comment Editor of The Times.

[Peter Bowen]

If the money is for the daughter, which I agree with, then it should be put into trust and not handed to someone who seems to have made a nice little earner. What sort of message about hard work and responsibility does this send out to the young in this country. Don't bother working for a living, just find someone rich and sleep with them, there's a name for that ....

[colin cooper]

I hold no brief for H.M.Mc.but I would say that for all her wicked witch persona, Paul always comes across as insufferably precious and for all his talent must have been difficult to live with!

[Suzanne]

Heather Mills has bragged that she didn't even know any Beatles song when she met Paul .. why should get any of his money at all? She did well with what she got for herself; I am sure that Beatrice will be well cared for by her father .. sorry Heather, YOU are the ex-wife, Beatrice will ALWAYS be his child. When she grows up, she will belong to the family and you will be a 'nasty episode' best forgotten.

[Russ Harrison]

Julie Smith is right, Beatrice should not be forced to grow up in poverty with her mother. Her father should have custody.

[Adam]

Re: Julie Dale

Pre-nup's are not legally binding in the UK. If he knew what he was getting into I'm sure he wouldn't have married her.

Daniel is spot on, what has she done to deserve £600,000 per year? She is now another celeb who can cash in on who she married to, expect a Big Brother appearance soon

[David]

A blind carthorse could see what her motivation is - MONEY. I don't have much personal sympathy for Paul, but in comparison, he comes across as restrained and a little bit dignified. Also, she might be a little be photogenic, but she isn't even pretty....

[Cammi]

The only way this ridiculous sum could be justified is if at least 60% of the money went to charity.. Otherwise it's a very selfish and greedy act ...
I acgree that McCartney could have known what he was getting himself into when he got married, but this is just appaling.

[Marty]

Jeez, Daniel, I don't think you'd have much of a chance with Macca. Not until you learn to spell 'separate,' at least. But otherwise I'm with you. It's called greed.

[Jacques]

Drop in the bucket, the guy's hardly going to go broke tomorrow ... unless ... maybe he can declare bankruptcy to keep this evil cow's fingers off his dosh.

The kid would have been cared for regardless, she may have one the settlement, but she definitely lost the public relations battle. Most hated woman in England? She up there on my list of money grubbing cows.

[Louise]

It really seems little less than prostitution. I'll sleep with you for four years, and in return I'll take $24 million...

I don't particularly like either of them, so I'm not saying that from any bias. The whole thing does seem pretty ridiculous. And I don't know how she'll explain to her child that he only had to pay 35k a year for his child and 20 times as much for his ex-wife.

[Lorie]

I thought it was honorable of Paul not to have a pre-nup. It showed he believed in this marriage. How could he know she'd be a nut. He's already been ordered to give the child a big sum, not that he wouldn' have done it anyway, he would have given her anything she desired. I'm upset with Heather getting anything.
The support money for the child should have been all that was awareded. Heather wasn't there during the time he earned it and was only married such a short time. I've seen engaged couples lasting longer. It's obvious she was in it for the money. Her comment on the reason he's rich, "is because he's tight with his money", floored me. Does she even know who he is? He's rich because he earned it. As much as it's admirable to give to charities, which I'm sure he did anyway, why should he dish out all this money to HER charities? She's happy with the winnings, of course and now wants to use it for her charities but, I'm sure she'll be living the high life she never would have had, if she hadn't met him. And to compare herself to Linda is rediculous. Linda was picked on by the fans because they envied her. Who wouldn't have wanted a catch like Paul? They were jealous & the Brits were jealous that he married an American. We all eventually got use to the idea that he was now a married man. But, Heather is a different story all together. The media & Paul's fans are more interested in the fact that she is a money hungry younger girl, going after the older rich man. That's exactly what she turned out to be.

[comfort]

Paul Mccartney is hardly a saint, what with his reported rendevous with a certain female companion after separating form Heather. Heather reported cases of physical abuse from him, plus she lost a leg while married to her so deserves more than £24,000,000.
If those reasons are not enough for you then lets leave it at she had a beautiful daughter for him. Simple!

[Robert McFadden]

Heather Mills has been a sponger from the beginning of her time with Sir Paul McCartney. Paul's family seen through Ms. Mills. Divide her lifetime earnings against her years of age. Multiply the figure by 16 for their childs benefit as the rest of the nation has to do.Give her that and not a penny more.

[Peter Bowen]

If the money Miss Mills has been awarded is for her daughter, then it should be put in trust. If the money is for four years of marriage, I suggest that anyone in a similar position to Sir Paul give Eliot Spitzer a call; he's likely to have a telephone number which will save them a fortune in the long term.

[joe frost]

It appears some people agree she should get this amount of money. I'm in total disagreement just because she married a man who is very devoted, faithful and give nothing but love for his wife look at what he had with Linda. He should not be penilised for being blinded by love. She was out to get what she could from the start. Stella knew this. The only thing heather has done is down grade what ever position she thought she once had. If the money makes her happy let her enjoy it. Though the lawyers will be watching for if she squanders it on anything but the happiness of her daughter to Sir Paul. Wheather Paul had money or not in most of the peoples eyes who have been following this story hoping she walks away with pennies. Paul has what heather will never have. As their daughter grows up she will learn the hurt and lies it took her mum to do just for the sake of money. Paul has earned the respect and unconditional love from their daughter and that will haunt heather, she will do all she can as their little girl grows up to make her hate her father through her own spitful nature and that my friends will show heather on tv apologising to Sir Paul for her cruel true self to try and win their daughters devotion back.

[Kit]

Heather Mills may or may not deserve the money, but what is evident from her rant is that she is utterly vulgar.

[Alice]

Thanks for pointing out the 'separate' mistake. My fault entirely.

[Sue Burnett]

Who the **** is Alice? (apologies - I couldn't help but remember Chubby Brown's input into the song!)

Anyway, is she a ghost-writer for Mr Finkelstein? I think we should be told!

(Oh, and absolutely agree that she hasn't earned it - I would have married him for half that - he missed out on a bargain here!)

[Jon Anderson]

Most men, given similar circumstances, would have paid a lot more than that to be free of her. Either that, or they'd avoid the mistake in the first place.

[Krissie]

I have to agree that Sir Paul should of had Heather sign a pre-nup. I have no doubt in my mind that Paul would have taken care of Beatrice and Heather in the long run. However, if $48 million will keep Ms. Mills out of the headlines, then so be it.

[Michael McGowan]

This award is in fact "moderate" set against the Alice-in-Wonderland rulings in recent cases such as Miller, MacFarlane and Charman. Danny, if you want an "answer" to your question, you should consult such legal luminaries as Lords Hoffmann and Nicholls and Baroness Hale of Richmond. They can no doubt explain why the law is an ass. Whether they can justify why our divorce law is now a gold digger's charter is another matter.

[breezy]

Heather Mills is indicative of a great many people in the world today who talk loud without any substance or meaning. She's constantly berating Sir Paul and everyone else as if she were born to rule. The truth is really that she is empty and full of loathing, desiring only self aggrandizement. What a saddo.

[Mikey]

Comfort: "plus she lost a leg while married to her"

What? She only had one leg (well, strictly speaking 1.5 legs) before they were married. Did another one get lost that we don't know about?

[micky d]

the judge shouldve given her a fiver for a taxi and told her to piss off..

[Rikki]

I sincerely hope the Divorce Agreement includes the fact that she is no longer permitted to use the title "Lady McCartney" for she has certainly proved she is no lady.

[Alex]

It seems today Heather Mills missed a good opportunity to say nothing.

[Chris]

She is getting £24 Million (or whatever it is), simply by cashing in on the divorce rip-off industry created by man-hating feminists like Harriet Harman.

They have turned marriage into a vehicle for the transfer of wealth from men to women.

Actually, it is state-sponsored theft.

Welcome to NuLab's feminist Gulag - Harman has a place there for every man.

The answer is to stop voting for them.

[Alice]

I sub-edit Danny's posts for Comment Central. Clearly not always very well!

[The Final Curtain]

I hope Fiona Shackleton sues Heather Mills for her slanderous remarks outside the Court which were broadcast live on the BBC. With a bit of luck she might receive damages of £24million.

[Patrick Thorpe]

Paul M can count his lucky stars - he got away lightly as he foolishly didn't embark on a pre-nup before he got married to Mills. One thing is very clear to me in this very sorry episode - Mills was/is a calculating individual who did everything in her power to gain more. I rather suspect that her disappointment with the outcome will necessitate more media coverage with her 'spilling the beans' to supplement her new found wealth.

[L A Odicean]

Heather Mills is a sweet lady who was swept off her foot by a very rich man who could buy whatever he wanted. Now they can BOTH buy whatever they want. It's becoming a more equitable society as every day passes.

[B clarke]

Miss H Mills should be thankful for what she has got, and NOT what she hasn't got! A settlement of £25 Million pounds. This is what she was offered all those months ago. Months of wrangling, bitching and public 'Dirty Linen Hanging Out', what a waste of time and effort. She still appears to be pursuing her Ex for more Millions. All she is doing is still digging herself into a black hole. It will either drive her mad, or drive her to drink! So whose fault will this be? Hers and hers alone!

[Robin Bather]

The answer is simple.
It's the Law of Supply and Demand.

That was the amount that the market would be prepared to pay for the goods in question.

24,000,000 quid was what Heather thought the market would stand and 24,000,000 was what the purchaser was prepared to pay for his freedom.

[Dawn]

I agree with Julie Smith & Julie Dale (above).
I too have little sympathy for Paul. Whilst I'm not a fan of Heather's, I do believe she brought him back into the 'limelight', I had forgotten all about him.
Whilst I don't believe everything that comes out of Heather's mouth, I also don't have much sympathy for Paul. For all his love for Linda, he didn't take that long to get over his 30 years with her and fall into the arms of a woman half Linda's age and younger than one of his daughters. He's no saint by a long shot and clearly not the facade he distributes (or has his friends distribute) about himself.
If he's such a nice guy, why didn't he agree to a quiet settlement? For all she hit the headlines, if he had agreed to something more substantial than he was willing to let go of, it would have been over and done with long ago.
For all his millions, he's clung on pretty tight to them, ok ok, it's his!! all his!!, he's got a child there, and he's quite happy to see her live to a percentage of his lifestyle, so long as Heather does not benefit.
MEAN is what I say, he deserves all he gets, which is HIS money, I hope it makes him happy. His older children weren't concerned about him they were concerned about their inheritance being interfered with, so far as I'm concerned.
He never tried to mediate with Heather properly without keeping his hand on his wallet.
He's not what he professes to be.

[abharrisson]

I thought I'd read the comments in this section to see what people thought and if they cared enough to comment. Clearly lots do.

Personally I think "lady" McCartney comes across as anything but, but then again I never had much time for Paul and his holier then thou attitude.

At the end of the day Paul has written some good songs which have entertained me from time to time and "lady" McCartney appears pretty similar to the hordes of Z-list celebrities that we seem so good at turning out.

Does she "deserve" £24m... does Jordan deserve what she has, or Tara Palmer-tompkinson deserve what she has actually while we're on the subjest does Paul "deserve" £850m (people need to get a grip he's only a entertainer, a court jester if you will).... whatever the answer there are unfortunately loads of people who have lots of things that lots of people don't think they deserve but thats life... not much point in caring about it or indeed worrying about it... it happens... its life.

[Alex G]

At least prostitutes tell you up-front the amount they want.

[Pat]

If I had £24M I would gladly give it to that uncouth, vulgar slapper to just go away and work in Charidee.

[W D Toulman]

What a horrible , rough , woman (she is no lady) Heather Mils came across as during her embittered tirade outside the law cort today.

Amourous, decent, young men beware ! !

Davidka East Yorkshire.

[jayil]

Only one reason?
I cab give you two.

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[bob james]

4 YEARS OF PUTTING UP WITH MACCAs EGO, THE WOMAN HAS BEEN ROBBED!!!!!

[Kris]

Does this now make her the worlds most expensive prostitute?

[Valerie]

I think she's getting that money for keeping her mouth shut, ie she won't talk about her life with Sir Paul and she won't have to - hmm - return to her original 'career'.

[sundhine]

Heather is a sad and angry woman who married Paul for his money..I looked at her today on TV and I pity that woman, somebody should tell her to stop talking and keep away from the courtrooms.She may have won £24million, but she has lost dignity and respect as a woman. charity doesn't need people like heather.

[John Chuckman, Toronto, Canada]

Because a court said she should.

Is Britain not a nation ruled by laws?

One has to say this looks good on McCartney, a man of his age taking a "trophy wife" being always rather repellent.

He got more than he bargained for with Heather as a trophy.

Judging by the expressions on her face in various photos and her quoted words, my guess is that she suffers from schizophrenia or perhaps manic-depression.

I'm sure there were some amazing scenes in that household.

[R Anderson]

I love how something like Heather Mills getting 24 mill can still be believed by some as a direct fault of New Labour... Idiot.

Many are saying it's Pauls fault for not getting a pre-nup. I just don't see how pitching a pre-nup to your wife is all that easy to sell; it suggests that you believe something may go wrong in the future and that you don't really trust her. Who would honestly get married under such pretences? Well done Mills, that's you set for life, but know one will ever forget this and you won't have much of a life living anywhere in the UK now.

[Aimee]

No one needs £600,000 a year when there are starving kids in Africa...

And Beatrice is hardly going to live in poverty while with her mother, even without the £24 million. AND there are 35,000 child care payments! Loads of families live on 35k, and thats paying for the parents, multiple children and paying all the bills.

[Russell Nobbs]

Re: Julie Dale...

I do not think that a pre nup's are legally bound in this country.

[Michael]

Happy to introduce Paul to my wife. There will be an easy divorce from me - marriage to Paul, divorce two years later for an easy £5m settlement. All I ask is a 20% cut. We are all better off!!

Oh and my wife bakes a really mean roast and does a nice lemon pie for Sunday dinner - and has all parts in good working order.

Interested?

[Adrian]

She failed to mention in her press conference that she wanted £120 million!!! She is clearly bonkers and Paul must curse the day he met her

[Muffin]

I knew nothing about this woman (except her name) before reading her rant outside the Court.

If the way she behaves and talks in public is how she behaved in the marriage, I can only wonder why it lasted so long.

There should be a "gagging order" put on her.

[Mark Nichols]

Of course she doesn't deserve a single penny of Paul's hard earned fortune. The law can be easily be amended to make sure there is adequate provision for the child's needs.

The real loser is the institution of marriage. Who will want to get married with the law the way it is. It's no good taking out prenuptial agreements as they're not legally enforcable although they will be "considered" by the court.

We often see politicians and media commentators moan about how the institution of marriage is being undermined by this or that. What does actually undermine and will eventually destroy marriage is legal decisions like this and the existing state of the law. After all, what person (man or woman) would want to get married with the real risk and threat of assets that they have worked hard to accumulated being taking away from them in so arbitrary a manner?

Is there any politician or political party who will reform the law?

[Terry Hawker]

Good luck to her!! £700 an hour.

Sir Paul McCartney made a bad judgement against his family wishes, and sorry, as far as his music is concerned it is question of the emperor's clothes.

Earned his fortune? - working down a mine, driving a bus,or putting out fires, etc. is earning.

[Neil Maylin]

I believe Heather Mills has achieved her goal and in the process exposed herself to the public as dishonourable and indeed vulgar. Although I do not have any sympathy for Paul I cannot help feel that this woman has an evil streak and is quite remorseless.

[dixionary]

what's wrong with separate anyway?

http://aolsvc.merriam-webster.aol.com/dictionary/separate

[H]

Wow, you Brits really have a problem with anyone who dares to criticize (that's right, with a z) one of the most narcissistic, and wealthiest people your country has produced. I'm not saying Ms. Mills is above scrutiny, but you clearly are blinded not only by your adoration of Mr. McCartney, but by a rather unashamed sexism. This settlement is little more than a hangnail for Paul McCartney; there's no reason that Heather M should have to go without because precious Paul has parted ways with her.

[maire t ni se]

Gives a whole new meaning to "sitting on a goldmine" doesn't it? maybe that should be a platinum mine!

[victorvbroughton1@hotmail.com]

It is obscene and I totally agree why does she need this obscene amount of money for 4 years of marriage. Outrageous and unfair. she did nothing to help Paul earn any of his fortune. Why should thius gold digger have this outrageous amount! I hope what goes around comes around and bites her skinny arse.

[Brooks]

Well, as they say, there´s no fool like an old fool.

[Douglas Maxwell]

Actually , if he was to have sex with her for 7 hrs /day every day for 4years it would work out at $5000 / hr.
So she is a lot more expensive than that.

[Brian Reynell]

Seems cheap if it means we'll never hear from her again.

[Jonathan]

http://airingofthegrievances.blogspot.com/2008/03/certain-british-someone-slams-heather.html

[John Harrington]

Well, why not? The world's gone mad. What's anything really worth anymore? For those of us who have to scrounge to make ends meet, it's all rather amusing, I suppose.

When simple loaf of plain white bread hits three pounds and all the mortgage schemes go up in flames as they have in the States, maybe this saga will somehow take on some rational meaning. Until then, who cares? It's just money (the rest of us don't have), right?

[ed]

I like her perseverance

[KWC]

Let's hope she now leaves the country to dig more gold elsewhere.
As for Macca...there's no fool like an old fool. Though its a rather expensive way to learn.

[Titus]

Makes the $80.000 spent by the Governor of New York look cheap

[bolle]

Like it or not but its only right and proper that McCartney's daughter's mother should have a bit of money.

[Richard Bale]

Well done Heather - "Slags to Riches" will make a great title for your (ghost written) autobiography.

[becky]

why should she get THAT much money over a divorce? she doesn't deserve it i mean if she had an EXTREMELY GOOD reason for it then maybe but still is she actually being serious?
does anybody actually like her?

[Chris]

Well, after watching the now filthy rich Mills on telly just now, you have to feel for her having to send her daughter B-class when her dad travels A-class...on only £35K a year...shame. Some people have far less than that on which to support a whole family.

And yes Mills, everybody knew years ago that Mr McCartney was worth over £800 million as you so vocally point out...obviously you knew only too well, and were as a result quite happy to 'claim' £125 of those millions for yourself.

Well, you really know how to endear yourself to an entire country who, whilst watching you 'suffer' with only £25 million, plus £35K a year to look after your daughter, while the rest of us wonder what the future holds for us with increasing taxes, a depreciating housing market and possible negative equity, rising fuel prices, rising food prices etc etc...I do hope you manage to survive you poor, poor thing.

I hope you sleep well in your bed tonight Mill whilst struggling to contemplate life with your millions, and good luck with what must be a very worrying future.

[kiirsi]

For all people are commenting on how vulgar and rude H M McC is - theres quite a bit of it going on here too, stones/glass houses people! We don't know the lady or her ex personally so why get personal about them? The amount she was awarded might seem excessive but its probably a percantage thing.

Oh and pre-nups have no legal standing in the UK (again).

[Norman]

How Paul came by his dosh is a separate issue. The idea that "he should have known what he was getting into" and therefore somehow deserves to be ripped off (punished for being naive?) does not hold water. Whether Paul is mean or generous is irrelevant.

This ruling will simply support a widening of the men's marriage strike.

[Phil Storry]

She complains about the matter having to go through protracted court proceedings - hardly surprising when she wanted £125m and alleged hubby had £800m of assets. Outcome - h has 400m assets according to judge and she gets 24.3m. She and daughter will have a £2.5m house and the 4 yr old daughter £35000 a year + paid for nanny and school fees. Daughter is well provided for Julie Smith so the £14m for Mills after 4 years of marriage is outrageous. She inflated her claim and his assets yet claims to be very, very happy with the result after putting everybody through all this hassle and expense. She should have accepted Paul's offer of £15.8m and spared us all her publicity building.

[AMLeHigh]

Heather was a Poor Old Tom before she met Paul, now she is still a Poor Old Tom but one with a few bob which some younger chap will soon be relieving her of. Thus it was in the beginning.....................
I am sure the Chancellor of the Exchequer is rubbing his hands........

[Jerzy Kowalski]

If you want to marry a Beatle, you'd better be quick...

[kiirsi]

I'm sure I heard Ms Mills say in post settlement speech that she was happy in that she could use some of her settlement for charity purposes. Time will tell but I think for some people whatever she does will never be good enough.

[Kristen]

If the headline said "Wife gets 5.5% of husband's wealth" would the reaction be the same?

[Jon]

Astounding, Julie! It's his own fault, he should have got a pre-nup?

So the law is appalling, but by not trying to find a get-around it's his own fault? Not that the law is so bad that people will actually attempt to make their own agreements beforehand to avoid it? How many other cases of that do you know?

Maybe it's just his own fault for getting married? Maybe we should all just REFUSE to get married, is that what you want?

This settlement, and others like it, to greedy women (and it is mostly women) who have done nothing to deserve it and are incapable of EARNING it for themselves, is just the thing to render marriage a thing of the past. The law is dreadful. Either it will be changed, or the institution will end.

Your choice, Julie.

[Haldane]

If you look at this seriously odd person's website, there appears to be no opportunity to search it or contact her - it's all self promotion. One wonders if she is a fit person to have custody of a child.

I believe Mr McCartney's other children attended a local state school. Why then does this settlement provide for this child's independent education if not because her mother is using her as a pawn?

[Dr Terribolly]

The truth is, she asked for 40 million for the kid and 80 mille for a cure against woodworm accusing Mc Cartney of having impregnated her selection of legs with a violent strain from the former East Block, Snasislov Wormus
is the name the little fiends go by, said to be distant cousins of the wee Tequila worm, no amount of booze will soak the barroom queen's woes away. She certainly took old Mr Mac upstairs for a riot but he almost wasn't able to heave her across his shoulder. His own songs had more perspective, So one day he rode into town booked himself a room at the whacky hotel, a season in hell, didn't she do well, and proceeded to lie in the corner (in many ways) the Dr came in stinking of tequilad worm and proceeded to remove most of his furniture (didn't he do well? saved for years for when he'd be 64 scrimping and after saving and crawling on knees) Mac you met your match, that wonky eyed
vulture said what a catch and proceeded to empty the bank account, Rocky Tycoon, strolled into his room only to find his wallet almost gone.

[Sean]

Of course marriage is a business opportunity for women. Either remarkably ingenuous or remarkably hypercritical to say otherwise. HM played this perfectly, note girls and benefit.

[RafaChavez]

This is what I will do: I will change the channel or turn the page to stop this revolting "celeb" from hijacking my time, my TV or my newspaper.
Sorry Paul, you just walk into this! Your problem...

[Jon]

If there was anything Heather Mills had ever done that was worth £24 million, she would have it already. If there was anything she is ever going to do that's worth £24 million, she wouldn't need Paul's money.

Other people go through far worse marriages and divorces, and no-one gives them millions of pounds. The fact that he has it in no way entitles her to it.

But this is just a sideshow. Paul can afford it. Ordinary people are being cleaned out by divorces, are losing their houses and businesses. People are being stripped of their equity and assets and may have to spend the rest of their lives making it up or starting again.

Stories like this attract attention for the amounts involved, but they aren't the real problem. Paul can afford it. Most people can't. Divorce can ruin lives. The sooner people realise it hits ordinary people so much harder, the better.

Oh, and the price of love? Trust? £24 million. Or everything.

[Gip]

I think Sir Paul McCartney should try to put his current predicament into perspective. In olden days, if you were unfortunate enough to be robbed by an omniped, it would almost certainly be a pirate. At least he's going to come out of this alive.

[Terry]

She might have had to go back out on the game so it's a good thing she will not have to get a rail pass or sign on the dole that dough will come in handy.

I think most people will adore her now, nobody will ever think she just married for money.
That poor child will just have to make do with 3000 a month pocketmoney, times are hard, money's short, here's ya Christmas present ya brat. Holds hand out to receive apple and orange.

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Following advice of blogger here above, Mini Mc Cartney is to spend her fortune on learning about coal, failing that, she may start driving lessons so she can drive a bus or be a long distance lorry driver when she grows up.

[F.Summers]

What do you expect when you marry a pathological liar, and who is one of the best gold diggers of modern times.

She deserves a fraction of this amount, and, hopefully we'll never see much of her again.

Stella knew what her game was all the time, and so did most of the rest of us...

[anthony]

Forget the money. They were in love once. When love dies, that`s the real tragedy.

[dominic lennon]

At least the grasping witch can afford a gold plated leg now

[dee]

i think that heather should get what she deserves , ie a bigger chunk of change considering how much mr macca is worth and why should she be penalized just for wanting to get a fair crack of his fortune. In other countries most would get a fifty -fifty share of the fortune , but sadly with england being as it is for single mums who cant find or their exes have dissapered dont get a cent

[Sedgwick]

The guy married her for Gods sake! What does he expect. He's lost just 5% of his massive fortune, that's nothing for a divorce these days.

Lets hope the tight-wad of pop gives some money to charity for his lucky escape...don't hold your breath

[Garth Strong]

Heather Mills?

U..BU..BLUEARRAAGGGG! BLEAAAH! (SPLATTER!@, SPLATTER!#*!!)
HUAAQGHHH! YEAACH! (SPLATTER!@, SPLATTER!#*!!)

(I beg your pardon! I couldn't help it...felt ill all of a sudden).

[Rob M]

LORIE - "..plus she lost a leg while married to her so deserves more..."

Heather Mills lost her leg in 1993 long before she met Paul McCartney.

[Ian]

Mills is an evil and insane witch.

(no, my real name isn't Paul)

[jes]

I think both of them were in love. It must have been hard to put up with Paul, he was used to another woman, and Heather just wanted to be loved for herself. A few put downs and violent? fights later, and hubby starts to feel justified to stray to someone who is all-adoring. I'd sue hard for divorce too. Think of the loving dreams shattered. It's not just one sided. Everyone's so ready to hate the woman. I say stop it now, don't get into that habit.

[sue]

Isn't it a shame that marriage and divorce has come down to this. Didn't Heather have her own business or income prior to her Marrying Paul? I thought that the divorce settlement was to protect women who gave up their single income producting life to marry, support, love and have children with the man they married, when that couple decided that they could no longer be together. Divorce law is a mockery of law. It doesn't protect anyone any more and only perpetuates greed and vengence. As long as the law stands as it is, money grabbing peole will take advantage of it by manipulating those who have money into situations that cause them hurt, distress and eventually depression through the chase for the might dollar. I believe that if a person marries, then, after a period of time, divorces, that the only compensation they should receive is equivalent to wha they could have earned in that period of time themselves. The balance of any settlement that relates to the children should be put in trust for the children and managed by a trustee, not the ex-partner, because they will find some way to get their greed driven hands on the rest. As for the 'lifestyle to which they have become acustomed' well shouldn' that be taken into consideration when they agree to marry? If you don't marry with intent to work through differences and keep commitment and compromise part of your daily life, resulting in separation and divorce, then you shouldn't be entitled to any extra compensation for the lifestyle compensation, as you have not tried to maintain it have you. If you want to keep what you have go that bad through addiction to dollar signs then if you don't put in to make it happen, then you shouldn't get a kick back. That means councelling and mediation and phyc exams to see just how much you care about the relationship or if the mighty buck rules your life. Biased? Bet your boots!

[nancy (USA)]

Of course, I do not actually know either party. However, it seems to me that Paul had the misfortune of mistaking this gold-digging opportunist to be a cure for his broken heart. By all accounts, he and Linda had a loyal and loving partnership for 30 years. I suppose he thought he might find such happiness again and jumped in far too soon. I hope he will be more cautious in future, not only for his own sake but for his children and friends who truly love him.
"She" has received far too much notice already--the less said, the better!

[Tofu]

Maybe because the man married her, had a child with her, and then the media, "Such as Yourself" have trashed her? I too grew up listening to the Fab-Four, and my opinion of Paul has taken a nose-dive since this started. It is solely because of his fame that she is suddenly hated, when we all know that it takes two to end up where they are now.
Your opinion is based on years of PR done by Others for the sole purpose of making them look great! From what I can see...they earned their wage as PR Agents.

[Riki]

I guess the one good reason why she got the money was that the law enabled her to, whether one considers her entitled to it morally or not. McCartney seems to be given the stature of a saint because he is an ex Beatle and a "true Brit", but he did marry a woman decades younger than himself. That's asking for trouble. When all marriages fail, there is a splitting of the assets. Theirs is just on a much larger scale and in the public arena. They'll both get on with their lives and neither will have to worry about paying the bills, unlike most of us. My heart bleeds...

[Steve Berreth]

You people who agree with the amount Mills was granted are as warped and disgusting as the whore who recieved the money. I really hope all men learn from this ruling and protect themselves from greedy women who are everywhere in this world.
Steve Berreth

[Cora Miller]

Heather: You came from a lot less,
and you snagged a very rich silly older man who believed what you had to say, in 4 years, you believe that having a beautiful little girls allows you "more" that you were never a part of. Forget it, you give women a bad name.

[Tofu]

I did just post an opinion, but everyone seems to be Labeling, Degrading, Bashing, Vulgarizing, and Playing "Fame-Games" with the Famous Jerk being hailed as the "Poor Jerk Being Taken to the Mat" by that "Gold Digging Ho"....

What else is NEW? It's always the woman who's value is expressed in terms of how many times Paul GOT LAID! Anyone ever consider that maybe...just maybe...he couldn't participate at his age? Or, that she may have reason to expect a ton of money after putting up with him for that many years?

Don't pretend to know who is at fault...and Please don't take his side solely because you like his music!

[Andrew Waldron]

At least she's forewarned anyone who might feel romantically towards her. Who in their right mind would now let her get a foot in the door?

[Dave]

Since I know neither of them I can't comment with any meaningfulness about whether these people are nice or crazy or golddiggers or whatever. But I do know that one's personality shouldn't have a thing to do with a divorce settlement. It's not meant to be a punishment and no crime was committed unless adultery is a crime (which it's not). And even if that were the case then Heather Mills should be out of pocket. Anyway..

The reason the settlement was this amount is because of how these things get calculated. It's pretty much the same wherever in the West you are. Add up the earnings for the period of the marriage and divide by 2, excluding some minor adjustments. So Paul probably made about double her settlement in those 4 years. The courts simply applied that standard.

Do I think she deserved it? Absolutely not. What this ruling does is clearly highlight the current state of divorce laws. And that's a good thing because people need to know how messed up these guidelines are. It's another nail in the outdated institution of marriage. Hopefully this judgement gets publicized a whole lot more and men will realize that marriage is just not worth it.

[Bill Peter]

Daniel,

The closest you could get to marrying a Beatle is Yoko Ono. Would even 24 million be worth it?

[Mark Lester]

Congratulations to Heather for 'winning' the 25M. She deserves it especially for having sex with Paul Mc Cartney.We live in a consumerist capitalist society where the amount of money in your name and the number of times you appear in the media are more important than anything else. Blame our own low moral standards. Heather is just making good use of the system. I hope you (and your lawyers) enjoy those millions.

[oldasiahand]

24 million pounds works out at £120,000 a week. Since Paul was over 60 at the time, it probably works out at over 100 grand for every conjugal act. That compares with Eliot Spitzer's 2 grand for the same act with a better looking call girl, who may well have had better manners and be better spoken than this appalling harridan.

[Shirley]

She deserves the money (and more) if it's what it'll take to make her just go back into obscurity. I am sick to death of hearing about and from Lady Gobby.

[George]

Can't be bothered with either of them. He's off his twig, somewhere in a dream world and she's acting like a contestant on the final round of 'The Generation Game'.

They deserve each other ...

[Lisa]

Does anyone know Ringo's phone number, I want to propose.

[Bob Finbow]

If I may mis-quote Julie Dale | 17 Mar 2008 16:37:04
"I have no sympathy for women with abusive husbands - They (often) knew what they were getting into when they got married. They deserve whatever they get". Doesn't sound right does it? Mind you, that's because in that case it's women being taken to the cleaners.
And by the way, I believe pre-nups are not enforcable in the UK (although they may be "considered").

[Michael]

Lady McCartney, daughter at your feet,
Wonder how on earth you're going to make ends meet...

[Fred]

She aint worth tuppence!!

[James]

Man, who thought Yoko would be the "nice" former Beatle wife? Heather, the world hates you! You are truly despised!

[Andy]

This divorce should have been a private affair between the two, but she was the one who has brought it to the media's interest by her erratic behaviour. Now after all her mad sound bites, including a vomit inducing appearance on GMTV, she's trying to stop the the details from being made public? The sooner this woman fades in to obscurity the better, but I have a feeling £24 million pounds - undeserved money - won't be enough to spare us from her.

[Yella Belly]

For the same reason that people make false claims for benefit.
A pot of gold to dip into.
The real point is how/why that pot of gold is generated in the first place.

[VLAD]

Heather doesnt deserve a single cent. She didn't contribute to his success and made no difference in his life. If she is so nice and is willing to spend millions to charities, why doesn't she give her own???? oh thats right, she doesn't have anything. Paul made her in every sence of the word. Her clothes, her hair, her daughter. her daughter has got more then enough, heather shouldn't winge about her daughter flying second class, whats wrong with the rest of us and the way we fly?
at the end ofthe day, she is a gold digger, and since all her life she has been failing in everything she does and cant earn her own money, she STEALS someone else.

Gold Digger and a Thief

[mia]

If she really cared about her daughter she'd keep her mouth shut. She clearly thinks she's someone important with something to say. Why are people saying it's about her daughter? Her daughter will never want for anything, her father will pay! He just doesn't want her irrational mother getting more than she deserves.
Someome mentioned her expression may indicate a mental heath condition - that's just what too much botox does to you.

[peter]

She has what she always wanted his money and a distorted 'celebrity' by association with a modern day icon but why oh why didn't his family, friends and advisors nail his feet to the floor (and anything else they thought of) until his red haze passed and he could act more rationally.

[MP]

I've not taken a lot of interest in the Mills/McCartney divorce. It looks like your standard not-very-amicable divorce aside from the huge amount of money involved. Shes arguing her corner, he argues his through 'friends'. She got a nice lump of money, so can carry on living the life she has become accustomed too. He has managed to keep most of his. I'm sure he won't have to cut back on the things to pay the lecky.

I am 100% certain that there is fault on both sides. Neither of them come of of this smelling of roses.

What does lessen my faith in human nature is the amount of vitriol spewed out towards the woman, and only the woman.

[Joe]

I married a gold digger of the same ilk as HMM..managed to get shot of her for a mere GBP10,000, phew what a lucky escape!!!

(ok, im no celebrity but 10k is not bad, wouldn't you agree?).

Joe

[Stephen Millington]

It is very hard as a parent of teenage girls to show them the way to independance with the ability to stand on their own two feet through a good education and hard work when all they actually have to do is to set their stall out to marry a rich man and then divorce him. Heather has done nothing to advance the cause of women.

[Richard]

Surely it would have made more sense to award 24 million to his daughter - to be held in a trust - and then to give the scrubber £35k a year, which is more than enough for a single parent who does not have to worry about clothing her daughter or putting her through school? The trustees would ensure that security etc etc was taken care of out of that sum.

[Frances Roberson]

I think Heather Mills suffers from the strange phenomenon of having too much money. A sound-bite on this morning's radio quoted her saying that her daughter only got £35k a year from the divorce. Gosh, and all before the age of 30!
On the flip-side, proportionately to McCarthy's total fortune, I'm sure Mill's payout is fairly usual, even though it's in millions of pounds rather than perhaps thousands.

[Edward]

http://rotwatch.blogspot.com/2008/03/heather-loses-fan.html

[i.e.]

No wonder she's happy, it's cost him an arm and a leg.

[tcwilliams]

Stella told her father and he wouldn't listen. It's clear that Mills was on a mission, now fulfilled in the offspring supplying her with a raison d'etre.
This saga will be interminable and she will be sure to make paydirt from the child.

[Andrew Sims]

THe reason is clear - she is a £24m lesson for rich men not to marry tarts!

[F Kimbal Johnson]

Why didn't the judge simply award her the 'All you need is lurv' disk?

[Rodney Barker]

A disprortionate payment by any stretch of the imagination, but it was a fairly well organised plan by Heather McCartney. I say fairly well organised because she clearly was 'awarded' less than she had hoped for - hence trying to drown Sir Paul' lawyer. It is a pity an additional cannot be made for her to send her abroad.

[anne]

he has a lot of money. he wont miss it.

[Gerald]

CARRY ON HEATHER!

I enjoy laughing at your exploits.

Everyone, does she deserve this money after a marriage which was falling from day one? No!

She is not in the league of the Diana and Fergie or wives of rich businessmen of marriage of 20 years who helped build up the fortune!

She will always carry the label Golddigger!

Please keep her in the press to keep me laughing!

[Julian]

It's disgracegful, clearly. The money should be for the child and Ms Mills should get the £35K and a nanny to pick up her dummy whenever she spits it out.

Sorry. got to rush, I'm off to worm my way in to Ms Mills affections and get married. Who knows what will happen from there! ;-)

[nb]

What share of HER earnings over 4 years did the judge award Macca?

If none, why not?

[carole chapman]

It's hardly surprising that she acts hysterically when she has had to fight Paul's media machine, his high powered lawyers and insane fans. Divorce is a stressful time anyway without this to contend with. If Paul was at all considerate of his daughter's feelings he would have come to an amicable settlement which he could have easily afforded without even noticing it and not exposed his young daughter to all this hostility. He seems spiteful and mean and I hope Heather can overcome her hysteria and move on in her life.

[Mark]

If Mills had got a very small sum, it would have given the message that marriage isn't worth anything, which would have completely undermined the whole institution of marriage.

Maintaining a respect for marriage and treating it with seriousness, and not just something to be entered into and divorced out of as easily as clicking your fingers is crucial to the wellbeing of society as a whole.
It is therefore right that she gets a very large sum.

[sean]

Its clear that Ms Mills has got herself a great deal from a short marriage. How it can be justified is beyond belief ignoring that fact a percentage of the money Paul is now 'worth' was left to him from his first wifes own buisness. No one is claiming that she should really be left with nothing but to say the money is for their child is a mockary who would always have been looked after by Paul and his family. Ms. Mills seems to be showing the same style she had when she charged before they meet - just a higher rate now.

[plkrtn]

"what with his reported rendevous with a certain female companion after separating form Heather."

He'd seperated... Thats his business.

"Heather reported cases of physical abuse from him"

Which there has been no proof of anywhere... who threw a glass of water in court? Whose got the worst temper?

"plus she lost a leg while married to her so deserves more than £24,000,000."

She is now in a lesbian marriage with no legs? I could've sworn she lost her leg in the Early 90s and they met during a fund raising drive for people just like her, missing a leg.

"If those reasons are not enough for you then lets leave it at she had a beautiful daughter for him. Simple!"

And the daughter gets £35,000 a year... at the age of 3!!

[Sonia]

What a greedy, gold digger. So much for conducting yourself with dignity and class Heather. You've just shown us what a cheap, tacky and vulgar woman you are. The less we see of you the better. I just feel sorry for your daughter who has the misfortune to have you as her mother!!

[Jayne]

She is the most vulgar woman, she should keep her great big mouth SHUT,
she doth protest too much about everything, who is she trying to convince? I think the vast majority of people can see straight through her, she is a money grabbing gold digger, 24million! she should have got nothing, just money to see their daughter ok, and to turn round outside the court and say that her daughter is going to be living second class with just 35k a year is proposterous, most of us bring a family up on a lot less than that!! so the 24 mill is hers! and not her daughters? she makes me so angry, I wish I could get hold of her and give her a bloody good shake....nasty woman

[Alan]

short and simple, shes a money grabbing scrounger thats out to get all she can without giving a dam who she steps on along the way.

[Mark Jeffery Koch]

She's a gold digger and married him for his money. She was a nothing before she married him and will remain a nothing now. She will soon learn that no one cares about her and what she has to say. She is a dimwit and every sensible person can see her for what she is - a dumb blond who took advantage of a grieving widower.

[BoV]

Like Julie, Julia and Dawn have pointed out, Heather has helped to raise Paul's profile somewhat! I'm not sure she suffered too much by it though.

At first with the tales of marital abuse, his profile dipped. If she hadn't gone so 'overboard' on appearing on TV as much as she could, either dancing or crying... her plan to 'out him' would have worked! Yes there is a dark side to Paul McCartney. But is he worse than her?

I admire her for her tenacity, her sheer determination to win her case herself. The woman has balls at least.

Now which animal charity is she going to give it all to?

Peta? I think not!

[Kas]

So what if one divorced parent is wealthier than the other? It's not as if the child is getting nothing.

It's good that women talk about being entitled to grab large portions of an ex's wealth. It's good because smart (and rich) men will stay away from them.

[John Chuckman, Toronto, Canada]

There are some truly thoughtless, unpleasant comments here.

When a wealthy person marries someone who is not wealthy, his or her spouse becomes accustomed to a more lavish life.

Why, when the wealthy person wants to dissolve the marriage, would anyone think it appropriate that the spouse be reduced to where she/he was years before?

The courts recognize the justice of this and decide accordingly.

And Britain is a nation of laws, not howling mobs. At least it used to be.

As for the vicious voices above who've talked about Heather as a prostitute, I only ask, wouldn't the real case of prostitution be if a wealthy man enjoyed a younger woman for a few years and then dumped her with nothing?

And on top of everything, goofy Paul chose to have a child with his "trophy" wife.

In all of this, the person who bears the greatest responsibility clearly is Paul. He's an old man, presumably with a great deal of human experience. He chose to marry her, surely ignoring signs of her unbalanced mind in his eagerness to enjoy a young wife. And he chose to have a child with her.

No one who has any significant exposure to those with mental problems can doubt from her expression in photos and her behaviors that Heather suffers from an illness, almost certainly a mild schizophrenia.

Have a little pity here, people.

[Laura Roberts]

Mark: "If Mills had got a very small sum, it would have given the message that marriage isn't worth anything"

What nonsense. Marriage is full of worth, but it's not worth lots of money. Very different things.

She has taken £25m worth of another person's earnings. She did not earn them. The marriage should have nothing to do with earnings. She is nothing more than a whore.

[HELENA]

I am going to go against the grain and say 'Well done Heather' she is remarkable woman and should be congratulated on having the stamina and ability to stand up in a divorce court and fight her corner.
Heather is a wonderful charity campaigner and surely someone of her 'profile' is perfect for fighting worthy causes. I think people are looking to much at the money issue here and just assume that was all she wanted - get real.!!! As far as I remember he persued her, she at the time had a very good reputation and was already sparky and good at fighting her own and charities corners very passionately.
She speaks her mind and says things as they are and then gets slated for it!!! The girl can't win whatever she does in the press - Maybe some of the money will be used to fight more libel cases and then some people will have to start writing the truth.

[Rich Cheltenham]

This settlement and the comments from the Judge, should hopefully put an end to us having to hear about this dreadful egotistical, self serving woman.

For a woman who complains about guarding her privacy her Bafta performance outside of the court yesterday makes me doubt that she knows what the words mean.

It also highlights a major problem in divorce settlements in that they should not be compensation for a failed marriage where there is no blame. She did not contribute to the development of his wealth and he is providing for the care of their child. Why can't she get a job like anyone else?

[Redandover60]

The law needs changing. I married again, he came to live in my house and lived mainly on my income, if we had split he could have gone for half my house, he may not have got it but he would have got something and it wouldn't have been fair.

[Richard]

She should get the money because Macca should have been warned. Ms Mills once walked out on a fiance without reimbursing him for her part of the costs for wedding preparations, allegedly. Clearly Ms Mills is a very innocent woman deserving every penny not spent on her daughter.

[ptw]

Remember guys; don't get married. Ever. Let the money-grabbing females earn their own corn...

[Lucy]

Yes the sum was right if you look at the whole marrige and its worth but in all honesty I don't think SHE in particular deserved it. I think it gives gold diggers another branch of definations.

She patents herself as a goody 2 shoes and that being with Paul damaged her ability to do charity fundraisers or something along those lines. (I apologise if I'm wrong with that fact).
If she's the victim that she claims to be she should give the 15 million she got herself to the charities that lost out, the 7.8 can go to the trust fund... But that will never happen. Interesting to see who she sinks her claws into next.

I'm not a fan of paul either, he never appealed to me in any sense at all! sure its only bit of an inconvenience to him and I have to agree with some of the earlier comments he wouldn't have married her & had a child if he knew what he was in for.

[simon]

i have just read this post!! Pardon me for appearing illiterate but how do you spell "separate" ?

[Sir Jock Stein]

I do not know what has really gone on but whatever it was, it resulted in Heather asking for £125m in settlement after 4 years of marriage. Asking for this amount has made her look like someone who was only in the marriage to fleece her husband.

[guy c]

I think the maedia should hang her out to dry!
All heather mills is, is a gold digger,cold and calculated.

[GillW]

I think this is a classic case of a the old saying that a man who has a good first marriage will marry again assuming the 2nd will be just as good (whereas a woman in the same position will not remarry because she assumes no-one can match up to her first husband)

Paul thought he had found his new Linda and like many recently widowed men was happy to fall into welcoming arms. He just failed to notice the price tag, that's all.....

Oh and he uses lots of his own money for Charity - like his music college - so doesn't need HER to act as go-between. If I was in charge of fundraising, I wouldn't want any of the money she twisted out of him ....it's tainted now by her dreadful behaviour.

And why should the little girl cost so much to educate? Sir Paul's other children all went to the local Comprehensive schools & kept their feet on the ground, then made their own way in the world (not that I begrudge her a penny - just her money-grabbing mother)

[kiera]

I think this is so disgraceful..

the worse thing is she gets 24 million and isnt even happy with that and goes back for more.

She lacks morals and integrity..

Furthermore the fact that she threw water on someone who is trying to do their job, severly lowers her credibility.

He should have given her £50 and told her to go away... bitter women.. its such a shame.

[brendan]

I think the only person happier than Heather Mills right now is Yoko Ono, who is no longer the principal bitch that ruined a Beatle.

[Jay]

If things get tough for Mills, she can always go back to (ahem) 'entertaining' fat middle eastern sheikhs.

And I'm sorry, why should the kid get anything...let her go out to work when she grows up like his other children have done.

[Steve]

"As for the vicious voices above who've talked about Heather as a prostitute, I only ask, wouldn't the real case of prostitution be if a wealthy man enjoyed a younger woman for a few years and then dumped her with nothing?"

Sorry Mr Churchman in Toronto, that is exactly what she was. Her early career in inviting men to her hotel room for £5000 a pop is well known

[NORMA]

Julie Smith is right, Beatrice should not be forced to grow up in poverty with her mother. Her father should have custody
Why should he get custody ? she puts the child first all the time, he dosnt, he is a grumpy awld fart who is a tight fisted ...... he got into bed with her married her divorced her, sure he was a beatle so what she had her money and hard times aswell, and an old beatles song MONEY CANT BUY ME LOVE! how true in his case ha ha ha

[Mike]

... I suppose it's the modern-day equivalent to "and they all lived happily ever after". What else do you expect for an outcome when Long-John-Silver meets a self-made multi-millionaire scouser who has accumulated over £ 800,000,000 (sorry, £400,000,000...!) for not having written a decent song in 35 years...

[Steve Griffin]

Because that's what golddiggers do, and the legal system appears only too happy to repeatedly let them get away with it. But it's not only women that do it - witness the fat little leech Kevin Federline feeding off Britney's entrails. Charming people.

[Big Jake]

Its his money as a result if his life, his talent and his work and wasnt maade while kissing, having sex, eating meals nor sleeping.

He is super famous and she is nothing, sleeping in the same bed as him doesnt make her equally tallented or entitled, Marriage shouldn't take a partners right to his own money. If then money does buy love, its worth saving even just for the attentive companionship - LOL.

His daughter should either live with him because he can offer her far more in life, or be paid in accordance with his daughters expected lifestyle - she may live with his ex-wife, but his ex should get nothing more than her part of the couples respective contributions to their time together.

This is an evil luxury of some women, they make the baby for you and then overnight loose interest, making the man pay as they take the child as a life 16 year+ meal ticket.

Again all his ex should get is an amount equivalent to her part contributed by her to their lives together, thus rubbing away the tracks as though they had never met.

The child is a completely seperate entity and I agree will always be his child and always a mcCartney. His ex is a bitch because if life were REALLY that bad together, you would just want out, not hang around for rich pickings.

Once sorted out his wife can then put her best foot, sorry her only foot forward and move on.

[Gordon Alexander]

I like Joe Frost's "He should not be penilised for being blinded by love". Is this another typo that Alice should have spotted, or is Joe suggesting that being blinded by love really did make a plonker of Sir Paul?

[John]

Why do people care that much, a man with over £800 million pounds now has only £775 million pounds. He ll earn it back in a year just in interest so its not hurt his finances. In todays world, you have to protect your personal finances when you get married, especially if you have that much of it! Shes a bit of a crazy 'slag' but he married her. Theres also the matter of the child, say what you like, but having one parent whose fabulously wealthy and another with nothing is not a good environment for someone to be brought up in.

[Tim]

Stop dying your hair Paul, you look silly.

[Richard]

Fast forward 5 years... Heather has spent all the cash and is finally sectioned.

Paul successfully applies for full CC&C of Beatrice.

Gravy train comes to a grinding halt for the slapper.

[Timmy]

Heather Mills changing from anti-personal mine activist into a gold digger. I hope she's not stepping on another anti-personal mine...

[Nancy]

Why did she get the money?
The reason is simple...
To teach him a lesson he will never forget!

Ok, he probably SHOULD have got a pre nup...but when people are in love they do stupid things. You don't exactly expect the person you're marrying to be a money-grabbing sod who's going to divorce you a few years down the line, otherwise you wouldn't marry them.

I think she does not deserve this money at all. She has no need for it.

For all those people who seem to think she deserves it for the sake of their daughter, I think you're wrong.
As if she'll spend all the money on the child. She'll be receiving separate money for that.

Perhaps if this is such a