11 Jun: The Second Mrs McCartney
Paul McCartney married Heather Mills in an extravagant ceremony at Castle Leslie in County Monaghan, Ireland, on 11th June, 2002.
300 VIP guests were in attendance, including Elton John, Eric Clapton, and Ringo Starr, but only one official photo was ever released – so local teens with disposable cameras became unlikely paparazzi for hire.
The couple’s doomed love story began in 1999 at the Pride of Britain Awards, but when the tabloid press got hold of their relationship, eyebrows were raised over their age gap, Mills’ rocky employment history, and her supposed friction with Paul’s daughter, designer Stella McCartney.
In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly look back at the misogynistic coverage of Mills in the popular press; revisit the turbulent fallout of this high-profile celebrity marriage; and pore over the ashes of Mills’s prior romances…
Further Reading:
• ‘McCartney ties knot at rock ‘n’ roll wedding’ (CNN, 2002): https://edition.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/11/mccartney.wedday/index.html
• ‘First view from inside Paul McCartney and Heather Mills’ wedding’ (Mail Online, 2015): https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3035182/Help-Gloom-Macca-s-girls-doomed-wedding-view-inside-Paul-Heather-s-wedding-did-grim-faced-Stella-Mary-know-coming.html
• ‘Mills rants after getting £24.3m from Macca’ (On Demand Entertainment, 2008): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9R7gV9evNE