Mills' father says she will leave Britain after McCartney divorce

Feb 13, 2008, 18:17 GMT

Heather Mills arrives at the High Court in London, Britain, 13 February 2008. Paul McCartney and Heather Mills returned to court today in an attempt to agree terms for their acrimonious divorce. The fight over the wealth of the former Beatle, who is estimated to be worth as much as 1.1 billion euros could produce Britain\'s largest ever divorce settlement. EPA/ANDY RAIN

London - Heather Mills' father has predicted she will leave Britain after her divorce from former Beatle Paul McCartney, British media reported Wednesday.

The divorce hearing between Mills and McCartney at London's High Court entered the third of five scheduled days Wednesday.

The Family Division of the High Court is expected to rule on the size of the settlment Mills, 40, will receive and future access to the couple's four-year-old daughter Beatrice.

The couple married in June 2002, four years after McCartney's first wife Linda died of breast cancer.

The divorce is expected to lead to one of the biggest payouts in British legal history with speculation among divorce experts, based on recent big money cases, that the settlement could reach 60 million pounds.

Mills' father, Mark, told reporters he believes she will move to France or America with Beatrice when the divorce is finalised.

'She won't stay in this country. She knows everybody hates her and she does not care,' he was quoted as saying by British media.

'I think she's very low at the moment and would leap at the chance to get away from it all and take her daughter Bea with her. I think she'll go abroad and then just slowly fade away into obscurity.'

Mills said he fears his daughter, who is representing herself in the case, will be 'torn to shreds' by Sir Paul's lawyers during the divorce hearing.