Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney is a control freak who lacked the strength to keep up with his estranged wife Heather Mills - according to the couple's former bodyguard.

Minder Sean Ghent insists McCartney's "fussy behaviour" eventually led to his bitter split with bitter split last year.

Ghent, 44, tells British newspaper the Sunday Mirror, "He wanted her to do certain things in certain ways and when she didn't, he got very upset. I saw him being fussy lots of times. Paul gets in a huff and sulks for three hours if things don't go his way. He is very particular and likes things done in a certain way. Heather was just too strong and energetic for him. It would take a strong man to keep up with her. He wanted a doormat and an obedient wife. She is just not like that."

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