It’s almost time to throw a party! Paul McCartney and Heather Mills are 6 weeks and 1 day closer to the end of their marriage. Today, a London High Court judge finally granted a “decree nisi” which under British divorce law means a preliminary divorce, which brings the divorce one step closer to being over. Next step will be to wait out the 6 weeks and 1 day and then let the champagne flow.
Neither McCartney nor Mills appeared at the hearing today with Justice Hugh Bennett, but because the couple has been apart for two years, this process can move forward. Mills must be chomping at the bit because she will receive $48.6 million when the fat lady finally sings.
The mismatched pair married in 2002, four years after McCartney’s first wife Linda passed away. Not able to make the union work, the two went their separate ways in May of 2006. Macca filed for divorce two months later. The couple share custody of their four year old daughter Beatrice.