Heather Mills | |
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.JPG) Mills in 2019 | |
| Born | Heather Anne Mills 12 January 1968 |
| Other names | Heather Mills McCartney |
| Education | Usworth Grange Primary & Comprehensive School, Washington, Tyne and Wear Hydeburn Comprehensive, London |
| Occupation | Charity campaigner |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Charles Stapley (stepfather) |
| Website | heathermills |
Heather Anne Mills (born 12 January 1968)[1] is an English former model, businesswoman[2] and animal rights activist.
Mills first came to public attention in 1993 when she was a model and was involved in a traffic collision with a police motorcycle in London. The accident resulted in the amputation of her left leg below the knee, but she continued to model using a prosthetic limb and later sold her story to the tabloid journal News of the World.
She began a relationship with Paul McCartney in 2000.[3] They married in June 2002 and Mills gave birth to Beatrice Milly McCartney on 28 October 2003. They separated in 2006, and finalised their divorce in 2008.
After her marriage to McCartney, Mills became involved in animal rights advocacy and as of 2024 is a patron of Viva! and Viva! Health. She is also vice-president of the Limbless Association.
- ^ "UPI Almanac for Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020". United Press International. 12 January 2020. Archived from the original on 13 January 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
…Heather Mills, activist and former wife of Paul McCartney, in 1968 (age 52)
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Heather Mills 2017 Interview transforming adversity. PBN Spotlight. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2020 – via YouTube.
- ^ "McCartney denies love affair", BBC News, 7 November 1999.
- "Model's damages 'waste of money'", BBC News, 13 April 2000.