[MaryJane]

HEATHER MILLS has hit out at claims she married SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY for money - insisting she is poorer now than before they met.

The former model and charity campaigner claims she gave up a lucrative public speaking career to be a wife and mother.

Mills tells talk show host LARRY KING, "If I was interested in making money, I'd be more well off than before I was married to Paul. I'm actually less well off.

"I gave up a lot of opportunities when I got married. I had a much better quality lifestyle and more money before I married."

HEATHER MILLS - MILLS I WAS RICHER BEFORE I MARRIED McCARTNEY