TWO intruders broke into Sir Paul McCartney’s country estate and filmed themselves wandering up to his front door.The trespassers calmly strolled around the grounds with a camera, videoing Macca’s house and cars. And then they posted their film on an internet site, complete with commentary. Macca, 64, is said to be furious that the two US tourists sneaked into his 933-acre estate at Peasmarsh, East Sussex, with such ease. The ex-Beatle, going through a bitter divorce from ex-model Heather Mills, has given staff at Woodlands Farm a dressing-down and ordered them to tighten-up security.
A source close to the singer said: “Macca is livid. He is supposed to have tight security to protect him and his family but this pair walked straight in. It’s lucky they were harmless.”He just didn’t need something like this happening. The divorce is givin him enough stress.”The tourists managed to get on to Macca’s land after walking down a public footpath that runs nearby.It is not known whether the Sir Paul was in the house at the time.In the shaky footage posted on the popular YouTube website,theAmericans can be heard laughing nervously as the camera moves towards Macca’s three-bedroom farmhouse Beanacres.A woman’s voice says: “This is it. This is his house. It’s a beautiful house. It’s beautiful. Oh God, we are going to be in so much trouble.”In a second clip muffled singing and music can be faintly heard. The Americans claim it is Macca himself.The intrusion will evoke troubling memories for Sir Paul. In 1999, fellow ex-Beatle George Harrison was stabbed when schizophrenic Michael Abram broke into his Oxfordshire mansion.And John Lennnon was shot dead by crazed fan Mark Chapman in New York in 1980. A security expert yesterday said the trespassers had demonstrated just how easy is was to get close to Sir Paul. Ex-detective Hamish Brown said: “Now he’ll have to decide if he wants to make the estate like Ford Knox or not.”Macca, who is worth £750million, has previously complained that the public footpath runs too close to his house.He built a luxurious £1million log cabin so he could have living quarters further away from the path.A spokesman for Sir Paul last night declined to comment on the break-in. 3am
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Not many personal trainers get to accompany their boss in first-class luxury when they cross the Atlantic. But then not many fit young men work for Heather Mills. Ben Amigoni, 24, has hardly left Heather’s side since she launched her bitter battle for a slice of Sir Paul McCartney’s £825 million fortune. He joined her in the £4,000 seat to Los Angeles, apparently confirming that Sir Paul is still paying his 38-year-old wife a more than generous allowance. And when they landed, he sat in the front as she drove them away from the airport in her car. Friends claim the pair have struck up a close relationship since he joined her staff two months ago. They became friends during one-on-one sessions at the Hilden Health Club in Rye, near Sir Paul’s East Sussex home. It is not the first time Mr Amigoni has enjoyed the trappings of first-class travel – but on previous visits to LA with his new boss insiders say he was introduced as one of her bodyguards. Sources claim last time they flew together he was deliberately not checked in with Ms Mills as part of her entourage. At Heathrow Ms Mills – who stands to make £200million in the costly divorce settlement with the ex-Beatle – was seemingly travelling alone, but by the time she arrived in LA she was accompanied by Mr Amigoni.
A previously unreleased duet between George Michael and Sir Paul McCartney will finally see the light of the day on a forthcoming greatest hits album. Michael’s Twenty Five collection is scheduled for release in November and will feature the McCartney track "Hear The Pain." The "Careless Whisper" singer’s greatest hits collection, which comprises hits from his Wham! and solo career, will also feature a song recorded exclusively for the album called "Understand."
The shameful past of Heather Mills came back to haunt her again on the weekend – when she was refused entry to a supermarket where she shoplifted as a teenager. According to The Sun newspaper, Sir Paul McCartney’s estranged wife was told by a member of staff at the Sainsbury’s store in her hometown: "Excuse me, Heather, you know you’re not allowed in there, you know the situation." Despite her protests the ex-model was not allowed into the shopping centre in Washington, Tyne and Wear, where she had stopped off with a bodyguard. Heather, 38, whose alleged past as an escort girl was exposed earlier this year, told the staff member: "For Christ’s sake, that was ten years ago. Do you really think I’m going to shoplift now? I’ve moved on from there." In her autobiography Out On A Limb, Heather admitted how she stole supermarket food as a young child. She wrote: "By ten I was an old hand. Pinching food was really quite easy I discovered." But Sainsbury’s bosses have said Heather was not banned from any of their stores and was welcome at any time. A spokesperson said: "We can confirm Heather Mills McCartney would be most welcome to shop in any of our stores."
DISTRAUGHT Sir Paul McCartney has spoken for the first time about his split from wife Heather Mills and admitted: "I don’t know how to deal with it." The former Beatle confessed he is struggling to come to terms with the break-up of their four-year marriage. Macca, 64, said: "It’s been the most terrible time for me and my family. Having to come to terms with this, it’s been horrible, so horrible." Macca and Heather, 38, who have a daughter, Beatrice, two, are facing a bitter divorce. He opened his heart on Saturday night at an exclusive bash in London thrown by daughter Stella’s husband Alasdhair Willis. Shaking his head and looking distressed, Macca told a fellow guest: "Of course it’s bad. The whole thing has been horrible for me. Advertisement "I don’t know how to deal with it all. I just cannot talk about it." Partygoers at the Established & Sons bash were shocked to witness his emotional state. One revealed: "Someone went up to him and started chatting and he seemed friendly and together. "He was explaining that he couldn’t pick up his GQ man of the year award last month because he’d flown in from the States that day and was very tired. "But as soon as the subject of Heather came up his demeanour totally changed. "He started shaking and there were tears welling up in his eyes. It was really sad to see – you can tell he really thought their marriage would be for life and he’s obviously in bits about the separation."
