Sir Paul McCartney leaves the High Court in London Feb. 15, 2008. McCartney will finallly learn on Monday just how much of his Beatles fortune will go to his estranged wife Heather Mills in a divorce settlement. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
Paul McCartney will finallly learn on Monday just how much of his Beatles fortune will go to his estranged wife Heather Mills in a divorce settlement, British media reported on Monday.
McCartney, 65, and Mills, 40, went to court last month to decide on Mills' share of the former Beatle's fortune, which is estimated at as much as 1.6 billion U.S. dollars.
Media reports have suggested McCartney offered his wife around 50 million dollars and that she was seeking at least double that amount.
British law dictates that divorce cases are heard in private, and judge Hugh Bennett will deliver his ruling at a closed-door hearing at London's Royal Courts of Justice.
But given the huge interest in the case, the judge could decide to release some or all details of the settlement after he hears submissions from the couple on Monday, court officials said.
McCartney met Mills in 1999, the year after the death from breast cancer of his first wife, Linda. That marriage was one of rock's most enduring unions, and produced three children including fashion designer Stella McCartney.
Mills and McCartney married at an Irish castle in June 2002, amid rumors the former Beatle's children disapproved of their new stepmother. The couple's daughter was born the following year.
(Xinhua/Agencies March 17, 2008)