Heather Mills: "I'm so glad it's over"

An ecstatic Heather Mills today won a $48m divorce settlement from Sir Paul McCartney at London's High Court - and insists "I’m so glad it’s over".

The former glamor model and the Beatles legend have been embroiled in a bitter divorce battle since announcing their split in 2006, and today, Heather, 40, walks away with a $48.6m chunk of Paul's multi-million dollar fortune.

The settlement includes a $16m lump sum, $14m in assets, and is inclusive of $1m referable to her overspending in the period of separation.

Outside the High Court Monday, Heather told the media: "I am so, so happy.

"I’m so glad it’s over, it was an incredible result in the end to secure mine and my daughter’s future and that of all the charities that I obviously plan on helping and making a difference with - because you know it has been my life for 20 years.

"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 favor.

"I am appealing against the publication of the judgment because it has so many private details about me and my daughter," she added.

She said the only reason she was speaking out was because Sir Paul, 65, had "insisted" on the whole judgment being published.

Because of Paul's insistence on the judgment being published, Heather, dubbed Mucca by British tabloids due to her porn past, is planning to launch an appeal "tomorrow morning".

Mills wanted the judgment to stay private because it involved matters relating to her four-year-old daughter Beatrice, such as where she went to school and what she did.