Heather Mills has blamed Paul McCartney's daughter Stella for his decision to take £10 million worth of art from her.

Reports yesterday revealed that Mills discovered a number of priceless paintings had been taken after she arrived home at the East Sussex mansion that she is currently living in as part of her separation agreement with McCartney. Believing that there had been a burglary, Mills contacted police and only learned later that Paul himself was the culprit.

A friend of Heather's told The Sun: "Heather thinks it’s fairly obvious what’s happened. Paul’s spent Christmas with Stella, who is utterly worried about every penny her dad has.

"She is constantly going on at him over money and valuables, and it seems she’s put him up to go back and take the paintings."