Tracy- explain why she doesn't deserve a full divorce settlement?

HE did NOT set up a pre-nup, she was married to him and had a child with him....every other woman would get a full settlement!

If he really wanted to he would have had a pre-nup made up, but he didnt!

God, I'm so disgusted. She's nothing but a low-rent, money-grubbing tramp and serves as a perfect example of why men should always get a pre-nup. Ew. I hope now that she's bled him dry and played the victim for the cameras, she'll go away forever.

Wow. Heather Mills is one smart woman who accomplished a simple task:
Find a rich, vulnerable old man, pretend to be in love with him, pop out a kid and then dump him for a settlement. And what a settlement it is.
She's disgusting but Paul is stupid. What billionaire marries a former escort without a pre-nup?

what is with all you women trashing your fellow sister and blindly accepting anyting Paul has to say?

Just because he is a pop idol you think he can do no wrong?

And WHY is she a money-grubbing tramp? because she got married? because she got a divorce? happens every day!

it's no different than some trophy-wife type who marries a doctor and then divorces him a few years later!

would do you say stuff like that to your friends if they wanted a divorce from an abusive husband?

I hate the thought of a pre-nup, but this is the type of women/person that makes couples now days think twice. It's just not right for her to take money HE worked for. She should be ashamed.

I wonder how you "ladies" would react if YOU were ever in a marriage that you could not stay in and everyone around you said those horrible things about you without even knowing what was going on!

Nobody is saying bad things about the fact that their marraige didn't work out..It's the fact that she robbed him in the process. Alot of relationships fail and that doesn't give anyone the right to leave with what didn't belong to them.

I have to agree with wtf, we shouldn't be bashing her. We don't know what Paul is like behind closed doors. The money isn't just benefitting her, it's going to benefit their daughter too. Just because she annoys people, doesn't mean that she's entitled to any less than any other woman (who was divorcing a billionaire) And did I mention, he's a BILLIONAIRE! I don't think he's going to starve.

ITA, Bella. I can't stand when people try to walk off with what they didn't lift one finger to earn. As for the person that said the money will benefit his daughter too.......she doesn't need all of that money to take care of that little girl. He's already providing for her. If she needs that much money just for that child, she should let the father have her. I'm so tired of women trying to use their children as an excuse for gold-digging.

Thank you.

None of us know what he is really like. If I remember correctly, she claimed he abused her. We will never know for sure, but if he did, emtionally, verbaly, or physically, than she damn well deserves every dime of that money! We don't know for sure, so we can't judge!

This is the problem with the world today... people feel they're entitled to everything. I can see receiving money for child support and receiving money for spousal support if you were a stay at home parent or spouse, but $50 mil. dollars is an insane settlement for someone who was married to him briefly and long after he earned that money.

I suppose everyone will have their own opinion as to what they deserve after a split. She'll be fine..she's got a leg to stand on, lol...Sorry, had to!!!

Bella you said on the Halle Berry blog that you have a child out of wedlock...

perhaps you should NOT be judging other peoples morals since you seem to have NONE of your own!

I think you are just mad that she is getting money from a divorce when and YOU were stupid enough to spread your legs and get knocked for FREE!

What a disgusting exhibition of greed and vanity. Paul, Heather, the attorneys, the queen, and probably the judge as well. Not a single 'humanitarian' out of the bunch. Say that reminds me. Don’t believe one optimistic word from any public figure about the economy or humanity in general. They are all part of the problem. Its like a game of Monopoly. In America, the richest 1% now hold 1/2 OF ALL UNITED STATES WEALTH. Unlike ‘lesser’ estimates, this includes all stocks, bonds, cash, and material assets held by America’s richest 1%. Even that filthy pig Oprah acknowledged that it was at about 50% in 2006. Naturally, she put her own ‘humanitarian’ spin on it. Calling attention to her own ‘good will’. WHAT A DISGUSTING HYPOCRITE SLOB. THE RICHEST 1% HAVE LITERALLY MADE WORLD PROSPERITY ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE. Don’t fall for any of their ‘humanitarian’ CRAP. ITS A SHAM. THESE PEOPLE ARE CAUSING THE SAME PROBLEMS THEY PRETEND TO CARE ABOUT. Ask any professor of economics. Money does not grow on trees. The government can’t just print up more on a whim. At any given time, there is a relative limit to the wealth within ANY economy of ANY size. So when too much wealth accumulates at the top, the middle class slip further into debt and the lower class further into poverty. A similar rule applies worldwide. The world’s richest 1% now own over 40% of ALL WORLD WEALTH. This is EVEN AFTER you account for all of this ‘good will’ ‘humanitarian’ BS from celebrities and executives. ITS A SHAM. As they get richer and richer, less wealth is left circulating beneath them. This is the single greatest underlying cause for the current US recession. The middle class can no longer afford to sustain their share of the economy. Their wealth has been gradually transfered to the richest 1%. One way or another, we suffer because of their incredible greed. We are talking about TRILLIONS of dollars which have been transfered FROM US TO THEM. All over a period of about 27 years. Thats Reaganomics for you. The wealth does not ‘trickle down’ as we were told it would. It just accumulates at the top. Shrinking the middle class and expanding the lower class. Causing a domino effect of socio-economic problems. But the rich will never stop. They just keep getting richer. Leaving even less of the pie for the other 99% of us to share. At the same time, they throw back a few tax deductible crumbs and call themselves ‘humanitarians’. Cashing in on the PR and getting even richer the following year. IT CAN’T WORK THIS WAY. Their bogus efforts to make the world a better place can not possibly succeed. Any 'humanitarian' progress made in one area will be lost in another. EVERY SINGLE TIME. IT ABSOLUTELY CAN NOT WORK THIS WAY. This is going to end just like a game of Monopoly. The current US recession will drag on for years and lead into the worst US depression of all time. The richest 1% will live like royalty while the rest of us fight over jobs, food, and gasoline. So don’t fall for any of this PR CRAP from Hollywood, Pro Sports, and Wall Street PIGS. ITS A SHAM. Remember: They are filthy rich EVEN AFTER their tax deductible contributions. Greedy pigs. Now, we are headed for the worst economic and cultural crisis of all time. Crime, poverty, and suicide will skyrocket. SEND A “THANK YOU” NOTE TO YOUR FAVORITE MILLIONAIRE. ITS THEIR FAULT. I’m not discounting other factors like China, sub-prime, or gas prices. But all of those factors combined still pale in comparison to that HUGE transfer of wealth to the rich. Anyway, those other factors are all related and further aggrivated because of GREED. If it weren’t for the OBSCENE distribution of wealth within our country, there never would have been such a market for sub-prime to begin with. Which by the way, was another trick whipped up by greedy bankers and executives. IT MAKES THEM RICHER. The credit industry has been ENDORSED by people like Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGenerous, Dr Phil, and many other celebrities. IT MAKES THEM RICHER. Now, there are commercial ties between nearly every industry and every public figure. IT MAKES THEM RICHER. So don’t fall for their ‘good will’ BS. ITS A LIE. If you fall for it, then you’re a fool. If you see any real difference between the moral character of a celebrity, politician, attorney, or executive, then you’re a fool. No offense fellow citizens. But we have been mislead by nearly every public figure. WAKE UP PEOPLE. THEIR GOAL IS TO WIN THE GAME. The 1% club will always say or do whatever it takes to get as rich as possible. Without the slightest regard for anything or anyone but themselves. Reaganomics. Their idea. Loans from China. Their idea. NAFTA. Their idea. Outsourcing. Their idea. Sub-prime. Their idea. High energy prices. Their idea. Obscene health care charges. Their idea. The commercial lobbyist. Their idea. The multi-million dollar lawsuit. Their idea. The multi-million dollar endorsement deal. Their idea. $200 cell phone bills. Their idea. $200 basketball shoes. Their idea. $30 late fees. Their idea. $30 NSF fees. Their idea. $20 DVDs. Their idea. Subliminal advertising. Their idea. Brainwash plots on TV. Their idea. Vioxx, and Celebrex. Their idea. The MASSIVE campaign to turn every American into a brainwashed, credit card, pharmaceutical, love-sick, celebrity junkie. Their idea. All of the above shrink the middle class, concentrate the world’s wealth and resources, create a dominoe effect of socio-economic problems, and wreak havok on society. All of which have been CREATED AND ENDORSED by celebrities, athletes, executives, entrepreneurs, attorneys, and politicians. IT MAKES THEM RICHER. So don’t fall for any of their ‘good will’ ‘humanitarian’ BS. ITS A SHAM. NOTHING BUT TAX DEDUCTIBLE PR CRAP. In many cases, the 'charitable' contribution is almost entirely offset. Not to mention the opportunity to plug their name, image, product, and 'good will' all at once. IT MAKES THEM RICHER. These filthy pigs even have the nerve to throw a fit and spin up a misleading defense with regard to 'federal tax revenue'. ITS A SHAM. THEY SCREWED UP THE EQUATION TO BEGIN WITH. If the middle and lower classes had a greater share of the pie, they could easily cover a greater share of the federal tax revenue. They are held down in many ways because of greed. Wages remain stagnant for millions because the executives, celebrities, athletes, attorneys, and entrepreneurs, are paid millions. They over-sell, over-charge, under-pay, outsource, cut jobs, and benefits to increase their bottom line. As their profits rise, so do the stock values. Which are owned primarily by the richest 5%. As more United States wealth rises to the top, the middle and lower classes inevitably suffer. This reduces the potential tax reveue drawn from those brackets. At the same time, it wreaks havok on middle and lower class communities and increases the need for financial aid. Not to mention the spike in crime because of it. There is a dominoe effect to consider. IT CAN'T WORK THIS WAY. But our leaders refuse to acknowledge this. Instead they come up with one trick after another to milk the system and screw the majority. These decisions are heavily influensed by the 1% club. Every year, billions of federal tax dollars are diverted behind the scenes back to the rich and their respective industries. Loans from China have been necessary to compensate in part, for the red ink and multi-trillion dollar transfer of wealth to the rich. At the same time, the feds have been pushing more financial burden onto the states who push them lower onto the cities. Again, the hardship is felt more by the majority and less by the 1% club. The rich prefer to live in exclusive areas or upper class communities. They get the best of everything. Reliable city services, new schools, freshly paved roads, upscale parks, ect. The middle and lower class communities get little or nothing without a local tax increase. Which, they usually can't afford. So the red ink flows followed by service cuts and lay-offs. All because of the OBSCENE distribution of bottom line wealth in this country. So when people forgive the rich for their incredible greed and then praise them for paying a greater share of the FEDERAL income taxes, its like nails on a chalk board. I can not accept any theory that our economy would suffer in any way with a more reasonable distribution of wealth. Afterall, it was more reasonable 30 years ago. Before Reaganomics came along. Before GREED became such an epidemic. Before we had an army of over-paid executives, bankers, celebrities, athletes, attorneys, investors, entrepreneurs, developers, and sold-out politicians to kiss their asses. As a nation, we were in much better shape. Strong middle class, free and clear assets, lower crime rate, more widespread prosperity, stable job market, lower deficit, ect. Our economy as a whole was much more stable and prosperous for the majority. WITHOUT LOANS FROM CHINA. Now, we have a more obscene distribution of bottom line wealth than ever before. We have a sold-out government, crumbling infrastructure, energy crisis, home forclosure epidemic, 13 figure national deficit, and 12 figure annual shortfall. The cost of living is higher than ever before. Most people can't even afford basic health care. ALL BECAUSE OF GREED. I really don't blame the 2nd -5th percentiles in general. No economy could ever function without some reasonable scale of personal wealth and income. But it can't be allowed to run wild like a mad dog. ALBERT EINSTEIN TRIED TO MAKE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND. UNBRIDLED CAPITALISM ABSOLUTELY CAN NOT WORK. TOP HEAVY ECONOMIES ALWAYS COLLAPSE. Bottom line: The richest 1% will soon tank the largest economy in the world. It will be like nothing we’ve ever seen before. The American dream will be shattered. and thats just the beginning. Greed will eventually tank every major economy in the world. Causing millions to suffer and die. Oprah, Angelina, Brad, Bono, and Bill are not part of the solution. They are part of the problem. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE HUMANITARIAN. EXTREME WEALTH MAKES WORLD PROSPERITY ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE. WITHOUT WORLD PROSPERITY, THERE WILL NEVER BE WORLD PEACE OR ANYTHING EVEN CLOSE. GREED KILLS. IT WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL. Of course, the rich will throw a fit and call me a madman.. Of course, they will jump to small minded conclusions about 'jealousy', 'envy', or 'socialism'. Of course, their ignorant fans will do the same. You have to expect that. But I speak the truth. If you don’t believe me, then copy this entry and run it by any professor of economics or socio-economics. Then tell a friend. Call the local radio station. Re-post this entry or put it in your own words. Be one of the first to predict the worst economic and cultural crisis of all time and explain its cause. WE ARE IN BIG TROUBLE.

They are well match each other. He is very hot, she is very beautiful and sexy. It is said that they met on celeb mingle.com Is it true?

They are well match each other. He is very hot, she is very beautiful and sexy. It is said that they met on celeb mingle.com Is it true?

Okay, now you can finally "Go Away" you crazy gold-digger!!!!

Okay, now you can finally "Go Away" you crazy gold-digger!!!!

Okay, now you can finally "Go Away" you crazy gold-digger!!!!

I agree with prettyinpink & bella if she didn't have it in the first place then why should she be entitled to it afterwards. If she contributed to that wealth/lifestyle, then most definitely BUT SHE DIDN'T so I don't think she should get anything.

To "... said:" - Who cares if Bella has had a child out of wedlock. It doesn't mean that she has no morals. I doubt there are many people out there who stay virgins until marriage. And guess what..if you have sex, you have a chance of falling pregnant (married or not!!) You are a pathetic piece of shit. You should really wake up to your moralistic self-righteous self, and pull that stick out of your ass. I have had two children out of wedlock...and get this up ya...to 2 different men. THE HORROR!!

You said about opening up the legs for FREE....Why do you get paid for it, you stupid ho!!

Helloooooooo!!!!!

Heather is a gold digger, plain and simple! No way was she entitled to 50 million. NO WAY! Paul may not have been an angel, but he got the ROYAL SCREW.

Under UK law, pre-nups are not legal. Also, prices are higher here in the UK. So, although it's still a lot of money, it is actually the minimum that the judge could allot under British guidelines. The theory here in the UK is that Heather could have got more money if she hadn't sacked her lawyers. Also, our divorces are no-fault. Therefore, none of the allegations of bad behaviour are taken into account... from either side. UK courts don't debate the morality of the situation, but deal with dividing the assets and providing for any dependents. The idea is that no outsider really knows what goes on in a marriage.

Hey critics. Check the financial news lately? Still think I'm crazy? Bear and Sterns. One of the world's largest invenstment banks nearly collapsed and got bought out for penneys on the dollar. This is only the beginning people. We have reached a point where the nation's wealth and income is distributed so unevenly, that further economic growth is near impossible. Even big business can't expand at all or much longer because their customer base is nearly bankrupt. We have reached a point where the people who need to borrow money no longer have the potential for earnings or the free and clear assets to secure loans. A similar rule applies in nearly every major economy worldwide. Even the banks are loosing capitol. Which is why Bear and Sterns tanked. Others will follow. It happened during the last great depression. It will happen again. This time, on a global scale. Millions will loose their savings. Even some of the upper class will take a hit. But this money won't really be 'lost'. It won't float away. We have no trade deficit with Mars. The world's wealth is being hogged up by the 1% club. Not only by executives. But also by celebrities, pro athletes, developers, brokers, entrepreneurs, attorneys, politicians, ect. The transfer of wealth from poor to rich has gone so far, that it can't be sustained at the same rate much longer. But this recession will be like no other in history. Greed has become an epidemic worldwide. The 1% club is richer than ever before. They have their filthy meat hooks in nearly every industry worldwide. Its become near impossible to spend a dollar without making some filthy pig even richer. These pigs are so obsessed with riches, that they would rather tank their own industry then compromise that bottom line. Like I said, this is going to end just like a game of Monopoly. The rich have only one goal. TO WIN THE GAME. We are headed for the first ever GLOBAL DEPRESSION. There will be hardship, suffering, loss, and misery on a scale never seen before. THANKS A LOT 1% CLUB! You filthy disgusting pigs. You are now so incredibly rich, that there literally isn't enough wealth circulating beneath you to sustain the global economy. and still, you have the nerve to throw back a few tax deductible crumbs and call yourselves 'humanitarians'. WHAT A *** **** LIE! YOU DISGUSTING HYPOCRITE SLOBS! I HATE YOU! I *** **** ******* HATE YOU! Like I said many times, I will not break any laws. I will not harm one hair on your rotten heads. But mark my words. I will persecute you for the rest of my life. I have no time for family, friends, dreams, or any of that. My only purpose from here on out will be to set the record straight. You filthy pigs will not go down in history as 'humanitarians'. You are the most vile, rotten, greedy, black-hearted, self-centered, disgusting hypocrite slobs of all time. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE HUMANITARIAN. EXTREME WEALTH MAKES WORLD PROSPERITY ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE. WITHOUT WORLD PROSPERITY, THERE WILL NEVER BE WORLD PEACE OR ANYTHING EVEN CLOSE. GREED KILLS. IT WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL.

Was hurting, thank you so much and well said!!

............, I'm mad bc I did it for free? Actually I didn't. I have a beautiful daughter and fiance, a FAMILY. If someone is mad it's you bc you can't even get a man to date you much less sleep with you. You might want to think about paying them.

When I get too angry, I forget how to spell. or maybe, its the lack of sleep. Doesn't matter. The bad guys are in for one hell of a PR nightmare. Humanitarians my ass. *** ****, black-hearted, greedy, disgusting, hypocrite, *****. There are no words to fully express how much I hate them. Soon, the world will understand. Greed is by far, the greatest threat to humanity. We never should have let it get this far out of control. Now, the world will pay for the actions of a few. and don't put words in my mouth. I'm refering to the worst economic and cultural crisis of all time. What a massive injustice. It didn't have to be this way.

JD, who was that last statement directed towards?

JD if we want to discuss financial news,communist/and or/marxist dogma, conspiracy theories etc. we will go to the appropriate places...this is not a place for your rants.

Mills is a bitch...over and out. Hag! Doesn't matter what she did for 4 years...4 years is not worth such a huge payment, childbirth or no childbirth. From a woman who paid her own way with her children from beginning to end.

JD if we want to discuss financial news,communist/and or/marxist dogma, conspiracy theories etc. we will go to the appropriate places...this is not a place for your rants.

Mills is a bitch...over and out. Hag! Doesn't matter what she did for 4 years...4 years is not worth such a huge payment, childbirth or no childbirth. From a woman who paid her own way with her children from beginning to end.

Well now she doesent have to go back to doing porn and being a hooker.

Well now she doesent have to go back to doing porn and being a hooker.

okay I'm wrong

I didnt realise you got knocked up to trap a man into being with you!

Straight from Wikkipedia...no changes made. Read carefully and then figure it out

Bio of
Heather Mills (McCartney)

Biography and career

Early life and family

She is a daughter of John "Mark" Mills, a former British paratrooper, and his wife, the former Beatrice Mary Finlay, the India-born daughter of a colonel in the British Army. A few months after Heather was born, her family moved to Washington, then in County Durham now in Tyne and Wear; they subsequently moved to Cockshott Farm in Rothbury. Beatrice Mills left home when her daughter Heather was nine, leaving the children in the care of their father. When Mark Mills went to prison after being convicted of fraud, Heather moved to London to live with her mother. As a teenager she ran away from home and found herself homeless. In early 1989 she and her mother reconciled.[1] Her mother had minor surgery and subsequently died; a blood clot moved into her lungs and heart resulting in death.[2]

Modelling career

Having tried several jobs, she began a career in modeling and in 1988, while aged twenty, she took part in a photoshoot with a male model with whom she performed simulated sexual acts.[3] The photos were published in a book entitled Die Freuden der Liebe (The Joys of Love).[4]

Recently, photos of Heather doing full frontal pornography have surfaced, courtesy of the UK tabloids. [5] The explicit shots for a pornographic magazine, taken before her 1993 accident, show a pouting Mills boasting: “I’m gonna drive you crazy with my body...” [6]

Accident

In August 1993, Mills was hit by a police motorcycle while crossing the road near London's Kensington Palace; her injuries included crushed ribs, a punctured lung, and severe injury to her left leg. She needed a metal plate put into her pelvis and the amputation of her leg below the knee.[7] Mills has a prosthetic leg, notably taking it off and showing it to USA talk show host Larry King during his interview with her in October 2002 on Larry King Live.

Television celebrity performance

Mills was one of the celebrity performers showcased during the U.S. television series Dancing with the Stars in 2007. [8] The show's fourth season began March 19 of that year. She was eliminated from the show in the sixth week of competition on April 24, 2007. Mills gave her entire payment for appearing on the show to Viva!.[9]

Activism

Mills is an activist for several causes, particularly vegetarianism, animal rights and issues related to amputees.

Animal rights

Mills has been actively involved with the Britain's leading vegetarian, vegan and animal rights organisation, Juliet Gellatley's Viva!. She is also involved with Gellatley's Vegetarian and Vegan Foundation.[10] Mills became a patron to both organisations in 2005. In 2006 she attended, along with Gellatley, a debate on fur at the Oxford Union at which she presented a video depicting the skinning of a dog.[11] Mills also joined a team from Viva! to film at a pig farm in Somerset in February 2007.[12] This was to publicize the use of restrictive farrowing crates, used for sows who are suckling piglets. A video of the investigation is available on the Internet.[13]

In March 2006, Mills and McCartney ventured to eastern Canada to bring attention to the country's annual seal hunt. Sponsored by the Humane Society of the United States, they claimed the hunt was inhumane and called on the Canadian government to put it to an end. Their arrival on the floes sparked much attention in Newfoundland and Labrador where 90% of the sealers live. Due to the intense media attention, Newfoundland and Labrador's Premier Danny Williams debated them on Larry King Live.[14]

Mills also campaigns against the trade in dog fur (which is often passed off as fur from other animals), and particularly the live skinning of dogs. She posed with her dog, in an anti-fur advertisement for a PETA campaign, which had the catchline: "If you wouldn't wear your dog, please don't wear fur" campaign.[15]

However, a video has come to light of Mills wearing a mink coat she owned and wrote about in her autobiography;[16] the video was taken in 1989, years before being involved in animal rights or vegetarianism. Mills has stated that "It's only since I met Paul [McCartney] that I really got to understand how vegetarianism not only benefits your health massively but also makes a huge difference to the planet, to animals and to feeding the world."[17]

Mills became involved with Animal Rights group PETA through McCartney, who had been involved with them for years prior. The New York Post claims she was dropped from PETA because the "organization doesn't want to offend her ex, longtime PETA supporter Paul McCartney."[18][19] A PETA representative told the New York Post that "Heather's exposé of the Chinese fur industry remains one of most popular videos on our site...although we don't have any imminent campaigns planned with her."[20] [21]

Vegan arguments

On November 19, 2007 she spoke out at Hyde Park in Central London arguing that people should turn vegan as livestock create far more carbon emissions than transport.[22] "There are many other kinds of milk available" she said. "Why don't we try drinking rats' milk and dogs' milk? Eighty per cent of global warming comes from livestock and deforestation. I'm not telling people to go vegan overnight. But if they stop drinking their cows' milk lattes, maybe this sort of thing won't have to happen."[23] An article was later published on her official website accusing the media of "an utter lack of any integrity" for suggesting she had advocated drinking rats' milk when her point, the article said, was that drinking cows' milk was as unnatural as drinking the milk of any other animal.[24]

Viva!s founder and Mills' friend Juliet Gellatley, in her media release article 'Heather’s “Drink Rats’ Milk” Claim is Wilful Misreporting, says Viva!', of their HOT campaign,[25] of November 20, 2007, stated that "The reporters who filed this story about Heather advocating rats’ milk knew it was untrue because I amplified on what Heather had said," and that "One actually admitted that he understood precisely what she meant but the ‘drink rats’ milk’ claim made a damned good story. What this reveals is an utter lack of any integrity in most of the Press – sadly not just the tabloids but the so-called quality papers, too." Gellatley went on to say that "Every event I have attended with Heather has been grossly misreported by the Press and has involved spiteful and vicious personal attacks on her integrity and her sanity. The irony is that one of the most common accusations about Heather is that she is a fantasist and a liar – by people whose stock in trade is fantasy and lies."

Amputees

In addition to promoting distribution of prostheses worldwide, she has been involved with the development of the "Heather Mills McCartney Cosmesis"[26][27] 'to give amputees in America a chance to wear a Dorset Orthopaedic cosmesis without the need to visit us here in the UK'. Heather Mills is a vice-president of Limbless Association[28].

Recognition

In 2003, the Open University of the United Kingdom awarded her an honorary doctorate for her philanthropic work on behalf of amputees.[29]

In 2004, she received a "Children in Need" award from the annual International Charity Gala in Düsseldorf. The proceeds from this gala went to UNESCO.

The University of California, Irvine, honoured Mills with the 2004 Human Security Award and created the Heather Mills McCartney Fellowship in Human Security, to support graduate students conducting research on pressing human security issues.

Other

Mills is currently a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA), a private charitable trust, which is not directly connected to the United Nations Organization but works to highlight the goals of the UN.

Mills and McCartney are both patrons of Adopt-A-Minefield, a programme by the UNA-USA. Proceeds from Mills' updated autobiography, A Single Step, will be donated to the cause.

Personal life

Mills married Alfie Karmal, a dishwasher salesman she had been dating off and on for three years, on 6 May 1989; by this marriage, she had two stepsons. She and Karmal divorced in 1991.[30]

She met Paul McCartney at the Pride of Britain charity event in April 1999, where she was presenting an award for courage and made an appeal on behalf of her charity, the Heather Mills Trust, which provides prosthetic limbs for landmine victims.[31] McCartney eventually proposed with a diamond and sapphire ring he had purchased in India.[32] Heather Mills married McCartney on 11 June 2002, four years after his first wife Linda McCartney died of breast cancer. Their wedding was an elaborate ceremony at Castle Leslie (once home of Shane Leslie) in the village of Glaslough in County Monaghan, Ireland.

As a result of this marriage, Mills became stepmother to McCartney's children: Heather, Mary, Stella, and James. On 28 October 2003, Mills gave birth to the couple's only child, a daughter, Beatrice Milly McCartney. The baby was named after Heather's mother, Beatrice, and McCartney's aunt Milly.

Mills and McCartney separated in 2006. In March 2008, in settlement of their pending divorce, Mills was awarded £24.3 million ($48.7 million), plus payments of £35,000 ($70,000) per annum, and nanny and school costs for their daughter, Beatrice.[33] In his judgement, Mr Justice Bennett described Mills testimony as "inconsistent, inaccurate, underhand" and "less than candid". [34] At the final hearing, Mills poured a jug of water over the head of McCartney's solicitor, Fiona Shackleton.[35]

Public image

In October 2005, Mills won damages from The People newspaper for falsely claiming she had suffered a miscarriage.[36]

On 17 May 2006, it was announced via the couple's websites that she was to separate from her husband. When it became known that McCartney had left her and was seen and photographed in France, Mills claimed that they were still together. Only a few days later the couple announced their separation in a joint statement. Media speculation in the weeks prior to this had been intense. In the London newspaper the Evening Standard on 18 May 2006, Mills told of the hurt she felt over claims she had only married McCartney for his money, and she said "I am no gold digger" and that the allegations were "worse than losing my leg."[37] However, the public's perception is different: in October 2007 she was voted first on a list of Gold Diggers in an online poll. [38] The Daily Telegraph was one of a number of British newspapers to suggest that if the couple did eventually divorce, it could lead to the UK's biggest ever divorce settlement, some estimating she could receive £200 million (a quarter of McCartney's wealth). On 30 July 2006, McCartney filed for divorce from Mills citing "unreasonable behaviour." In October 2006 national newspaper The Daily Mail alleged that McCartney accused Ben Amigoni, Mills' personal trainer, of having an affair with her;[39] she later denied that Amigoni was her lover.[40]

Under English law, a divorce or dissolution of marriage can be made in as little as six weeks. However, Mills had vowed to fight the case in both Britain and the United States. She was using the services of divorce lawyer Anthony Julius, from London solicitors Mishcon de Reya who had acted in the 1996 divorce for Princess Diana,[41] while her estranged husband is said to have instructed the divorce lawyer Fiona Shackleton, who acted for Prince Charles.

On 24 October 2006, Mills announced her intention, through solicitors, to sue the Daily Mail and London's Evening Standard over "false, damaging and immensely upsetting" claims surrounding her divorce from McCartney. It has not been stated whether the litigation will be on the grounds of libel or invasion of privacy. Her law firm also intend an action against The Sun.[42][43]

The Sun, which regularly refers to her as "Mucca" (a play on Paul's nickname "Macca"), has responded to Mills' threat to sue by asking her to "tick the boxes" on a series of allegations the paper has made about the former model stating "It is not clear what exactly she plans to sue us about." The paper then asks: "Come on Heather, what exactly did we get wrong? Is it that you're a ..." Underneath the open question, the Sun lists six allegations about the former model, with a blank box beside each one. The words beside the boxes read: "Hooker, Liar, Porn Star, Fantasist, Trouble Maker, Shoplifter".[44]

In December 2006 Mills told the BBC that she has received "death threats" since splitting with her husband;[40] on 17th December 2006 the BBC's website reported that Police have warned Heather Mills over a "non-specific threat" made to her safety.[45]

On 21 January 2007, the press announced a settlement between the two, mentioning that McCartney would pay £32 million in cash and property to his ex-wife.[46] The deal appears to incorporate a gagging order. Marilyn Stowe, a leading UK divorce lawyer writing in The Times called it "one of the most high-profile marriage breakdowns in history". [47] This settlement has not been confirmed by the parties.

Since January 2007 Mills and her sister Fiona have a new section attached to Heather's website called "Enough is enough", similar to their "facts and fictions" section. So far they posted two excerpts in this sections, which were both removed from the website after a short time. In the first excerpt the sisters accused McCartney of not caring to pay for Mills' security even though she claims to receive death threats.[48] However, the letter of support McCartney wrote for Mills about two years ago is also still on her website.[49]

Criticism

Mills has been written about in several publications for alleged embellishments to her life story. For example, the journalist Heather Mills of Private Eye magazine has accused Mills of impersonating her for over a year in the late 90s.[50]

Tabloid newspaper the News of the World alleged that she was involved in prostitution during an earlier period of her life.[51] Mills has strongly denied the allegations but never sued any of the numerous newspapers that have claimed in the past few years that she was a "high-class-hooker". The Reuters news agency quoted Mills' lawyer, Stephen Taylor from Buckinghamshire-based solicitors Coyle White Devine, who issued a statement saying, "Heather is very distressed by this article... she has suffered weight loss, anxiety and sleeping problems as a result of the stress and anxiety of the break-up of her marriage."

In March 2007, British police warned Heather Mills about using the emergency phone number '999' too often. They are quoted as saying they are having to spend a disproportionate amount of time on one particular person. Kevin Moore, the Chief Superintendent of Sussex Police, said that Mills runs "the risk of being treated as the little boy who cried wolf." Mills says that "I didn't waste police time - they encouraged me to use them when I was being harassed." The BBC report that "A spokesman for Lady McCartney said she was nervous after getting death threats and being followed at night." Moore said that "We do have to respond to a disproportionate high volume of calls from Heather Mills McCartney because of the situations she finds herself in, and this is regrettable as it takes officers away from other policing matters."[52][53][54] Mills has officially responded to the police calls criticisms.[55]

These criticisms have been reviewed and answered by Mills' sister Fiona.[56] Juliet Gellatley has also vehemently defended Mills in her magazine Viva! Life.[57]

During several interviews broadcast on UK television in October 2007,[58] Mills accused the media of giving her "worse press than a paedophile or a murderer". She also likened her situation, due to the similar unwanted press coverage, to those of the late Princess Diana – who, according to Mills, was "chased and killed" by paparazzi – and to Kate McCann.[59] Immediately before giving these interviews, her PR adviser, Phil Hall, quit. She then went to the U.S. where she gave a number of further televised interviews, saying that the divorce was largely brought about by her husband. She further alleged that the breakdown of the marriage was caused by Stella McCartney, whom she described as "jealous" and "evil".[60]

You are very much welcome Bella.

To ..., you really are one sad sack!! Get with the times dick head. Gone are the days of "getting knocked up" as you call it, and trapping a man. "Shot gun weddings" are a thing of the past. Most men will stay with you because they want to, not because you're pregnant (or have had a child with him). Go down to your local Welfare Office and ask the single mother's down there and see how many are single because the guy decided he wanted out (for whatever reason) and did so, because he was able to, for the fact that he was NOT trapped!!! Give us females a little more credit!! Most of us would not go and deliberately get pregnant, well knowing that the man has every right to get up and go, and can do so at any given moment (baby or not)??? I don't know one person who would want to take that risk, to then find themselves a single parent. Pregnancies happen, in marriage, in partnership & even through casual sex, and you'll find through majority of these pregnancies, they were planned by THE COUPLE & very much welcomed into the partnership, just for the pure joy of having a child. NOT for what one can gain by it.

JD-How's it doing?? You mentioned lack of sleep, don't go over doing it stressing about these money hungry a-holes. Go get some sleep! Mummy Nat said so!!

I actually left out a couple of words in my last post when mentioning how most babies are planned by a couple. It should then read AND IF NOT, still very much welcomed into the partnership...

OMG!!!!50 MIL???for MILLS??? Crazy...we will never know what went on behind closed doors. Hopefully she will help those of single mothers on their own get back on their feet, I would with that much bank! Greed will only break you. I'm sure she knows that?!?!?

l think this woman is a gold digger, she came in to this marriage knowing what she wanted from him. The person who suffered and deserves this money is paul,s dead wife may her perfect soul rest in peace.l think Paul,s children saw through her that,s why they didnt like her. she,s not a real vertious woman, real women work hard for their money and dont get it of any body.

WELL FOLKS...REMEMBER--THERE IS ALWAYS TWO SIDES TO THE COIN THE STORY...ETC.THE THING THAT I FIND SAD IN ALL OF THIS IS THAT SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY HAD FINALLY FOUND WONDERFUL MAGICAL JOY IN THIS UNION...AFTER THE TRAGIC(AND UNTIMELY DEATH, OF HIS BELOVED WIFE,LINDA...)A BEAUTIFUL,BRAND NEW BABY TOO,(TO
MAKE HIM FEEL YOUNG,AGAIN AS WELL...)ONLY TO HAVE ALL HIS HOPES AND DREAMS DASHED AGAIN!!! DEAR SIR PAUL, I ALSO AM A
CANCER, SUCH AS YOURSELF AND WE BOTH KNOW WHAT WE HOLD NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR HEARTS...FOR HOME,HEARTH AND FAMILY MEAN THE WORLD TO US!!!!!!!! MAY YOU HEAL, AND MOVE ON FROM THIS SAD AND SORROWFUL AFFAIR, AND INDULGE IN ALL WONDERFUL THINGS TO
COME...LOTS OF LOVE TO YOU SIR PAUL, LOVE, ALEXANDRA MANOLESCO-AMI