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Macca vs Mucca

Published: Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 2:01PM

During Heather Mills and Sir Paul McCartney’s legal battle over their divorce settlement the media circus outside the High Court was intense.

Reporters, paparazzi and cameraman were poised outside the building waiting to catch a glimpse of the pair even though the proceedings were held in private.

Phil explains why it’s not just readers of gossip magazines are interested in the verdict.

With Heather Mills defending herself, and the sums involved allegedly ranging from £10 million to £100 million, one media analyst said the story had “all the ingredients for a legal pot-boiler”.