caption relations children birth_place image_size parents birth_date alt residence spouse image article_title name
photographed for peta shane half-sister -rrb- , fiona -lrb- siblings -rrb- & claire -lrb- beatrice milly mccartney aldershot , hampshire , england 200px john mills , née finlay -lrb- both deceased -rrb- `` mark '' francis mills and beatrice mary 12 january 1968 photograph robertsbridge , east sussex alfie june 2002 17 march 2008 karmal 6 may 1989 1991 paul mccartney 11 heathermills1.jpg heather mills
 heather mills
heather mills

heather anne mills -lrb- born 12 january 1968 -rrb- is an english entrepreneur and environmentalist .
mills came to public attention in 1993 , when a collision with a police motorcycle in london resulted in the amputation of her left leg below the knee .
she continued to model using a prosthetic limb and sold her story to a tabloid newspaper .
she came to further public attention in 2000 when it became public that she was in a relationship with former beatle sir paul mccartney .
they married in june 2002 and mills gave birth to beatrice milly mccartney on 28 october 2003 .
the couple separated in 2006 and finalised their highly publicised divorce in 2008 .
after her marriage to mccartney , mills became involved in animal rights advocacy and as of 2012 is a patron of viva !
-lrb- vegetarians ' international voice for animals -rrb- and the vegetarian and vegan foundation .
she is also vice-president of the limbless association and skied in the british disabled ski team 's development squad for the 2014 winter paralympic games .
