Article: Macca buys Linda Tapes for [pounds sterling]200k; In a cloak-and-dagger meeting in a London cafe, Sir Paul McCartney reveals that Heather is demanding [pounds sterling]80m divorce settlement, that she called him a 'drunk' if he went to the pub . . . and that she stormed out when he played a song for Linda.

Byline: DENNIS RICE

SIR Paul McCartney has secretly paid [pounds sterling]200,000 to secure audio tapes which reportedly contain explosive allegations about his marriage to his first wife Linda.

The recordings - which his second wife Heather Mills wants to use as part of her divorce claim that he was abusive towards her - were handed over to Sir Paul during an extraordinary cloak-and-dagger meeting in a Central London cafe.

Sir Paul bought the tapes from literary agent Peter Cox, who made them with Linda when he was co-authoring her 1989 book Linda McCartney's Home Cooking.

The two men met up in Eat in Soho Square on Wednesday morning ...

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