Mills wins £24.3m from McCartney

Immediately after the ruling Mills announced she would continue her legal battle as early as tomorrow by challenging the publication of the judge's decision.

The judgment said she had sought £125m and been offered £15.8m by Sir Paul McCartney. The judge decided on a lump sum of £16.5m and assets of £7.8m.

She said: "The only reason I'm appealing the judgment tomorrow morning is because the judgment involves private secure matters of my daughter: where she goes to school, what she does, everything about her is in there. "And they didn't even do a redacted version to keep Beatrice out of it."

"So it has gone against everything to do with human rights, the section six, it has gone against everything to do with the confidentiality papers, it has gone against everything to do with the private family matters."

She said Beatrice, her daughter with Sir Paul, would get only £35,000 a year. "So, she's obviously meant to travel B class while her father travels A class - but obviously I will pay for that."

Referring to the judge and lawyers, she went on: "These people are in a club, it's like they want to stay together and they don't want a litigant in person to do well but he (the judge) could not award me and my daughter such a low sum because it was actually impossible."

"But all of you that have researched know that it was always going to be a figure between £20 and 30m. Paul was offering a lot less than that, which you'll see in the judgment."

Asked if it had been a mistake to represent herself, she replied: "Not at all. Lawyers couldn't get anywhere near this figure." She added: "I'm so so happy with it."

Urging others to follow her example and represent themselves, she cited "the power of one" and insisted "the law courts do not want me to say this".

"Obviously the court do not want a litigant in person to do well, it's against everything that they ever wish, so when they write the judgment up they're never going to make it look in favour."

"But, if you are in a situation where people don't see eye to eye or where things get out of hand, you can be a litigant in person. "It's not easy but just do your research and save yourself a fortune."

Asked about her feelings towards Sir Paul, she said: "I've got no comment."

She said "a lot of strange things" had been going on behind the scenes, but did not want to go into "all the horrific details" of what had happened.

"I just want me and my daughter to have a life and not be followed every single day. I just want to give it closure."

Asked if she thought Sir Paul had been "cruel", she said: "I can't say that for the sake of my daughter but my sister does."

Paying tribute to her sister's support, she added: "Every time I look at her, I want to cry."

She added: "I'm going to go and be with my daughter because I took so much time away from her."

She said: "I'm so glad it's over. It was an incredible result in the end to secure mine and Beatrice's future and all the charities I plan on helping and making a difference with - because you know it has been my life for 20 years."

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