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Article: Mills awarded $ 48.6M from McCartney.(Entertainment)
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- Manila Bulletin
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- March 20, 2008
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LONDON, AP -- 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 ...