London: Former Beatle Paul McCartney has filed for divorce from Heather Mills McCartney, formally beginning the courtroom battle in what could be one of Britain's most expensive break-ups, British newspapers reported on Saturday.
The 64-year-old artist blamed his estranged wife for the split, arguing her behavior was unreasonable and argumentative, The Sun and The Daily Mirror reported.
Her spokesman, Phil Hall, said she was unhappy about the reports, but stopped short of confirming them.
"Heather's going to be filing her own counterclaims about matters both in this country and America," Hall said in a statement.
"She does not feel the need to repudiate claims that she may be headstrong or feisty," the statement said.
The statement added that Heather was hugely disappointed that matters of such a confidential nature should be aired in public and felt that it was inappropriate to speak about such delicate matters when a child was involved.
The couple has a two-year-old daughter, Beatrice.
McCartney, who does not have a prenuptial agreement to protect his estimated $ 1.5 billion fortune, has hired lawyer Fiona Shackleton, who represented Prince Charles in his divorce from Princess Diana.
The couple married in June 2002, four years after McCartney's first wife Linda McCartney died of breast cancer.
McCartney and Heather, a former model and animal-rights campaigner, met at a charity event in 1999.
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