Perhaps it was Baby, you're a rich man that was Heather Mills favourite Beatles song, then again she might be humming along to She's leaving Home. or perhaps any of the many heart tugging epics of the Lennon-McCartney tandem could be the soundtrack to the news out of London on Wednesday.
One thing seems certain, it won't be We can work it out. After four years, Sir Paul and Ms. Mills are calling it quits!
Suggesting that the pressures of the media led to their marital discord, the two stated that carrying on a relationship in the glare of the public eye proved to be too much to overcome. Of course they never seemed to shy away from the public eye when it suited their purposes, their recent visit to Newfoundland in April to protest the seal hunt, was a perfect example of their need to be seen and to use their celebrity to push forward their agenda. So it's rather hard to take their protestations of media overkill all that seriously when they have proven to be rather successful at media manipulation over the years.
regardless though, it's never a happy ending when a marriage comes to an end. Of course considering Sir Paul's celebrity (not to mention his wealth, valued at something like 800 million British Pounds or 1,681,927,462.87 Canadian Dollars ) the talk now turns to what kind of a settlement will the soon to be ex-Mrs. McCartney find herself entitled to.
Some legal observers in England suggest that she could very well find herself sitting with a pretty good parting gift for her four years as companion to the "cute" Beatle. The figure of 200 million pounds has been suggested as a possible final installment of their time together. Although other legal types (the non romantics in the land) suggest that Sir Paul could successfully fight that kind of pay out and drop Ms. Mills expectations quite nicely. And of course the cattier folks are suggesting that Paul wasn't the smartest Beatle, as he never held out for a pre nup.
Their marriage was quite the surprise when it took place and now the divorce is equally coming out of left field, though not with an unexpected outcome nor without an army of folks willing to say we told you so.
Theirs was a short four year burst of love and media ops, that only seems like it began Yesterday!
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