Sir Paul McCartney and his estranged wife, Heather Mills McCartney, put their acrimonious divorce proceedings to one side yesterday as they celebrated their daughter’s third birthday. Sir Paul and Lady McCartney spent two hours together at the Clambers activity play centre in Hastings, East Sussex, where they hosted a party for their daughter, Beatrice. It is thought to be the first time the couple have met since a secret "crisis meeting" eight weeks ago at Sir Paul’s American holiday home in the Hamptons, Long Island. A source at the play centre said: "They came here and had a lovely time and their daughter had a lovely day. All the guests took away yellow balloons and party bags." One mother who took her son to the centre said: "Bea looked lovely in her pink party dress. If I did not know what had been going on in their marriage in the past few months I would never have known. Bea was laughing and smiling, like any other child having a whale of a time on their birthday." Yesterday’s united front followed yet another turbulent week for the couple, whose divorce proceedings have rarely been out of the headlines since they announced their separation in May. Last week it emerged that 15 audio tapes recorded by Sir Paul’s first wife, Linda, allegedly contain devastating accounts of their 29-year marriage, regarded as one of the strongest in show business. Sources close to Lady McCartney have told The Sunday Telegraph that she is prepared to walk away from the marriage for "just £10 million". The 38-year-old former model was previously thought to be seeking a settlement of up to £200 million, while Sir Paul, worth an estimated £825 million, is said to have offered his wife a £30 million settlement that she had turned down. However, an insider blamed Sir Paul’s refusal to make any kind of offer for the deadlock. "What has really hurt Heather are reports that she has refused offers of £30 million and is going for £100 million," the source said. "It is simply not true. She is looking for more like £10 million – that has always been the figure in her head – and she is now willing to walk away from everything and get on with her life if she is offered a reasonable sum." A spokesman for Sir Paul, 64, declined to comment.
The Daily Telegraph
There were rumors they cancelled the party because the two did not want to be in the same room, it is good to see they got over that for Bea’s sake!
