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Article: Please, Please Me: Mills Gets $48.6 M

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Money may not buy her love, but Paul McCartney's ex sure has a lot more of it now.

One of Britain's bitterest divorces reached a settlement Monday when Heather Mills was awarded $48.6 million _ an enormous sum, but a fraction of what she sought and a sliver of the former Beatle's $800 million fortune.

Mills declared herself "very, very, very pleased" with a payout that amounted to about $34,000 for each day of her four-year marriage. But some legal experts were surprised the former model, who has been widely portrayed in the British media as a gold-digger, did not get more.

"In the scheme of things, it's quite surprisingly low," said Patricia Hollings, ...

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