jlb684 wrote:LONDON, England (CNN) -- Heather Mills, the estranged wife of Paul McCartney, was granted nearly 25 million pounds ($50 million) in her divorce proceedings with the former Beatle, she said Monday.
Mills said she will not appeal the award , but she will appeal the publication of the hearing transcript, which she said McCartney has asked for.
In an 11-minute statement to reporters outside the High Court after the verdict, Mills said she was pleased that the bitter divorce hearings had ended.
"I'm so glad it's over and it was an incredible result, in the end, to secure my and my daughter's future, and that of all the charities that I obviously plan on helping ," said Mills, dressed in a khaki, green and blue suit with a bright red shirt.
Mills has established a career as a campaigner and charity worker since losing a leg in a road accident in 1993. Watch Mills react to the decision »
Judge Hugh Bennett awarded Mills, who represented herself, 23.7 million pounds ($47.4 million). She said McCartney had proposed 15.8 million pounds ($31.6 million). Read the court's statement
The judgment included 35,000 pounds ($70,000) a year for the couple's 4-year-old daughter, Beatrice. Mills said she was unhappy with that amount because it isn't enough for school tuition, private security, or first-class airfare.
"He likes her to fly five times a year on holiday," Mills said of McCartney. "It's 17,000 (pounds) for two people return (round-trip) first class, so that's obviously not meant to happen for her anymore. It's very sad."
Mills said she would appeal to stop the publication of the entire judgment because it contains private details about Beatrice and she doesn't want them released. The judge has granted permission for the litigants to speak publicly, she said.
McCartney did not speak to reporters after the verdict.Soooooo....$70,000 per year for their 4-year old daughter won't cover the first class travel (quote: "It's very sad")
And...the money is securing her future (and her daughter's) AND ALL THE CHARITIES THAT SHE OBVIOUSLY PLANS ON HELPING!!!
Jeeezzzz....why on earth should McCartney be forced to support the charities that she PLANS on helping?? And if the 70 grand per year won't cover the first class travel, etc., why on earth doesn't she...
Oh, hell, never mind....I'm working up a rage.
Let's hear it, folks....do you think she's entitled to this award?
As they fooled about on a river bank he felt a naughty shiver as he undid her suspender belt her leg fell in the river. Sorry couldn’t resist! Did she ever truly love him?
After Heathers shenanigans through the media and television. I think people believe she has milked Sir Paul for all he is worth.
Why should she be entitled to all of his fortune just because she was married to him for a few years!