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The Leech's First Hubby Speaks Out
8 Sep 2006 05:25:40 -0700 rec.music.beatles
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Don't give Heather a penny, first husband tells McCartney Last updated at 11:10am on 8th September 2006 Divorce: Heather Mills with her two husbands Heather Mills does not deserve a penny out of her divorce from Sir Paul McCartney, her first husband has said. Alfie Kamal told the Evening Standard he was not surprised the marriage had collapsed in acrimony. He had issued a "Buyer Beware" warning when the former Beatle began dating Ms Mills and his prediction of disaster had finally come true. " We have both been Heathered," he said. "If there is anything I have in common with Sir Paul it's probably that." Mr Kamal, whose marriage to Ms Mills ended when she left him for a ski instructor, added: "I'm not really surprised the marriage is over. Our marriage lasted just under two years - we had been together for five years off and on. But she ran off lots of times. "It was a bit like the Runaway Bride. I used to think she had a permanent pair of sneakers on under her shoes. She always ran away. If you had an argument with her she would run away. When you caught her out lying she would run away. "I don't know the details of why their marriage has broken down but from what I can make out they cannot bear to be in the same room together. That's how it goes with her. You get to a point where you start to hate her and hate the way she is." Mr Kamal, a wealthy businessman, said Ms Mills, a former model, should not receive any money from Sir Paul, whose estimated fortune is =A3825million. "I don't think anybody deserves to lose hundreds of millions of pounds," he said, "I don't agree with divorce laws. Somebody who has made a significant amount of money from his own talents should not have to pay out huge sums just because a couple were once married. "It should all be based on contribution - what you take out, you should have put in. If she took out of the marriage what she put in she would walk out with minus a million bucks." Mr Kamal wed Ms Mills, 10 years his junior, at All Saints Catholic Church in Harrow in 1989. But he says she walked out after falling for the ski instructor on holiday in Slovenia. abby again...
He added: "I got off quite cheap. That is because she had ulterior motives and wanted to run off with the ski instructor and just needed enough money to go and live with him." During their marriage she had suffered two ectopic pregnancies, which had put their relationship under considerable strain. Mr Kamal met Ms Mills when she was a teenager working in a caf=E9 in London. He fell in love and after several break-ups they married and set up home in a five bedroom house with a pool in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. Mr Kamal takes credit for encouraging Ms Mills to pursue a career in modelling. The businessman had two children from a previous marriage. She has said in the past that she was probably more in love with the children than with Mr Kamal. Mr Kamal, 48, has another two children by his latest marriage and now lives happily in Vancouver, Canada. When news of Sir Paul's divorce leaked, he was besieged with offers from newspapers to sell his story for up to =A330,000. He spoke to the Standard today for nothing because he wanted to set the record straight but did not want to be seen to be profiting from his failed marriage. Ms Mills has said their relationship fell apart after her first ectopic pregnancy and they started to row "over the silliest things". When she quit the marital home it is alleged that she slammed the door so hard the glass panel smashed. She drove off in a BMW convertible, then worth =A320,000. It is unclear why her marriage to Sir Paul, 64, has fallen apart but despite assurances the couple would keep it amicable for the sake of their daughter Beatrice, who turns three next month, the divorce has become increasingly acrimonious. Sir Paul has hired Fiona Shackleton, the lawyer who represented Prince Charles in his divorce. Ms Mills, 38, has turned to Princess Diana's lawyer, Anthony Julius. Legal experts have suggested she could receive up to =A3200million in a divorce payout. |