What a shame

Just heard on the news that Paul & Heather McCartney are to separate and it actually choked me up a bit - not sure why but I always thought they looked so happy together, despite the age difference. I guess I admire them both for what they each do for charity and also their joint campaigning for animal rights. Anyone who knows me well will know how much I adore animals and how upset I get over all aspects of cruelty towards them. I have not eaten meat for the last 6, 7, 8 years...? (I can't actually remember how long it's been) but I believe that anyone who claims they love animals should prove it by not eating them, and buying products made of them or tested on them.

This is what it said in one of the papers:

Sir Paul McCartney and his wife Heather Mills McCartney have confirmed they are to separate - ten days after we revealed their marriage was in crisis In a joint statement the couple issued on Wednesday the couple said: "Having tried exceptionally hard to make our relationship work given the daily pressures surrounding us, it is with sadness that we have decided to go our separate ways. "Our parting is amicable and both of us still care about each other very much." They added: "Separation for any couple is difficult enough, but to have to go through this so publicly, especially with a small daughter, is immensely stressful. "We hope, for the sake of our baby daughter, that we will be given some space and time to get through this difficult period." The former Beatle's four-year marriage to the animal rights campaigner was rumoured to be in jeopardy following a series of rows. The couple wed in 2002, four years after Sir Paul's first wife Linda died from cancer. Our story revealed the couple have been living at separate addresses in recent weeks. Sir Paul is said to be living on the family farm in Peasmarsh, East Sussex, about 50 miles away from his wife, 38, who is reported to be at the couple's home in Hove.

What a shame especially when there's a child involved. Anyhow, I wish them both happiness as they go their separate ways.