McCartney divorce lawyers have had royal clientele

Published: Thursday, Aug. 10 2006 12:00 a.m. MDT

His lawyer once represented Prince Charles. Her lawyer squared off for Princess Diana.

Small wonder Britain's newspapers are comparing the divorce case of Paul McCartney and Heather Mills McCartney to the 1996 royal divorce.

Anthony Julius will represent Mills McCartney, the law firm Mishcon De Reya said Tuesday. Julius helped Diana win a reported $28 million settlement.

McCartney, who does not have a prenuptial agreement to protect his estimated $1.5 billion fortune, had already hired Fiona Shackleton, who represented Prince Charles 10 years ago.

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