Seriously? OMG! WTF?

by ELIZABETH SANDERSON and LOUISA PRICHARD, Mail on Sunday

As birthdays go, it is unlikely to be his best. Instead, Sir Paul McCartney has opted for a remarkably low-key celebration to mark turning 64.

He will be joined by family today for a quiet barbecue at his £4million home in Peasmarsh, Sussex.

However, one person will most definitely not be present – his estranged wife Heather.

Until last month, he had been sharing the sprawling estate with the former model. They have since separated and she is battling allegations that she was once a prostitute.

Reports that she was hoping for an invitation to Sir Paul’s muted birthday celebrations have been denied by friends, though he will see his twoyearold daughter Beatrice who was dropped off with him on Friday night.

One source said of Heather: "She will not be going to Paul’s tomorrow. It would ruin the day and there’s no way that she would do that. She’s hardly going to stand in the kitchen and chat.

She and Bea have been making things all week for Father’s Day and Bea will stay with him for the whole weekend."

As Sir Paul celebrates his birthday, Heather is staying with friends.

Now weighing just seven stone, she is wheelchair-bound and faces the prospect of being unable to wear a prosthetic limb if her muscles waste.

The source added: "She’s in a very dire place at the moment. But she and Paul are in touch every day and she will speak to him on his birthday."

A friend close to Sir Paul said: "It’s going to be a very private affair with just family. On previous birthdays he’s invited people he’s worked with, but this year it’s going to be tighter."

His daughters, designer Stella, 33, and photographer Mary, 36, will travel to Sussex today for the barbecue.

Also present will be his son James, adopted daughter Heather and his brother Mike.

Sadly, the muted celebrations will be far from the optimism Sir Paul showed in the Beatles song When I’m Sixty Four, released when he was just 25.

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