HEATHER Mills accused British Airways of humiliating her after staff got a wheelchair instead of a buggy to take her to her flight. The former model, who has an artificial leg, asked her helper: "Have you got it in for me?" Heather, 38, was overhead telling staff: "This is vile! Why are you doing this to me? Don’t you know I have only one leg? Why are you treating me like this?" Heather, involved in a bitter divorce battle with her ex-husband Sir Paul McCartney, checked in at Gatwick airport at 7am for her flight to Brussels. She had requested a wheelchair when she booked her economy flight but apparently expected to get a ride to the departure gate in an electric buggy. A source near the BA desk, whose staff were handling her flight with SN Brussels, said: "Heather’s face fell when she saw the wheelchair. "She was mortified. She asked for an electric buggy but there was not one available. Eventually, after getting a few things off her chest, she decided to walk to the plane. "Heather was clearly worried about how she would look being pushed in a wheelchair. She was very jumpy. "She thought everyone had it in for her. It was very embarrassing for her. She thought she shouldn’t have been put in such an embarrassing position. "It created a bit of a fuss which a fair few people witnessed." Heather was travelling to Brussels with her sister Fiona and newsreader Fiona Bruce last Thursday. She was due to present a petition to the European Parliament calling for dog and cat fur imports into the EU to be banned. But she was furious to find a wheelchair and assistant from OCS Transport Services ready to push her to departure gate 45. After complaining, she made the five-minute journey to catch flight 2122 on foot. Another witness said: "The check-in staff were conscious of Heather’s disability and respectful of it and politely did all they could. "But the situation was beyond their control. A wheelchair was requested and provided. The fact that she chose not to use it was up to her." British Airways confirmed the incident. A spokesman would only say: "We are unable to access the relevant booking details for Miss Mills’ flight. We’ve not received a complaint." A spokesman for Heather confirmed that she had been offered a wheelchair, which she declined, but said there was no altercation.
Daily Mirror
Just when you think she can’t do anything more bitchy she does something like this. I mean she asked for a wheelchair and that is what she got. If she wanted a buggy, she should’ve asked for it. She has to realize that she is no longer married to Paul McCartney, and they are not going to cater to her every desire anymore.
