Heather Mills lands £65m divorce payout from Sir Paul
We reveal secrets of the settlement
EXCLUSIVE By James Desborough
VICTORIOUS Heather Mills is planning an "up-yours" celebration party tonight (Sunday) after banking a £65 MILLION divorce settlement from Sir Paul McCartney.
Ex-porn model Mucca, 40, got fed-up Macca to agree to her whopping demands after court on Friday, we can reveal. It followed a week of legal wrangling over the ex-Beatle's £825million fortune. Mills, who was seen smiling as she left the High Court on that day, is set to toast her triumph at a bash for family and friends at a secret location. A source said: "The party is a big thank you to all the people who stuck by her. It is also a final dig at Paul—who spent months telling her she wouldn't get his money. "He was optimistic the payout would be low, and this settlement would have hit him hard. But Heather always felt she deserved a huge payout." Her pals say Sir Paul, 65, has agreed to hand her around £20 million as an immediate lump sum. She will get a further £2.7million every year for the next 15 years for their four-year-old daughter Beatrice and herself. Sir Paul will meet Heather's demands of a 24-hour security team, housekeeper, nanny, personal trainer and travel budget. She is looking to buy a home in Sussex and another abroad within the next year.
Macca will also settle Mills' outstanding £2 million legal bill with law firm Mischon de Reya. And he will clear the £2.2 million overdraft with Coutts Bank that she ran up soon after their split in May 2006. The music legend had already given her £2 million as an interim payment. And he has spent almost £4 million on his legal costs. In return Heather has agreed to a gagging order, preventing her from ever criticising their marriage or family in public. She will not be able to show the video diary she made about their split, and cannot have any of his properties—or claim any money when he dies. Mucca and Macca's legal teams are understood to be thrashing out the finer points this weekend. The lawyers will then present the peace deal to the High Court judge on Monday morning. He will examine the agreement and is expected to rubberstamp it in the next few days. Our source said: "Heather is over the moon. In principle the deal is done."