Sir Paul McCartney is furious with his estranged wife for claiming that she feels "abandoned" after their split.

The former Beatle admitted his anger to friends after Heather Mills's words were published in a newspaper yesterday alongside pictures of her looking thin at a concert.

"I feel betrayed. All I ever did was love her," Paul told one pal. "But now she wants to hurt me. This is very upsetting for me and my family."

A source close to the star told the News of the World, "How can she be abandoned? Those pictures were taken of her all made up and swigging lager at a Madonna concert, for goodness sake!

"This was just her having another go at trying to make Paul look the bad guy. But how can he be? As Paul says, all he ever did was love her and now she's playing the victim."