Macca to offer £20m for Bea custody?

Sir Paul McCartney is willing to offer an extra £20 million to his estranged wife so that he can get custody of their daughter Beatrice.

The former Beatle, who is already expected to give up £80 million to Heather Mills as a divorce settlement, wants to avoid a stressful custody battle and has discussed his plan with family and friends over the past two weeks.

One pal told the News of the World: "Paul only wants what's best for his little girl. She means everything to him. But his fear is that if Heather gets custody then she could make things really difficult for him in the future to have proper contact with Bea. He is worried she will slowly cut him out of his daughter's life and he couldn't bear that.

"Paul wants the divorce and custody of Beatrice settled in a one-off transaction. He has told Heather, 'It's simple - I get Beatrice, you get your money and that's it.' Essentially the £20million goes in her pocket and is over and above her divorce settlement."