Heather Mills's plans for Vegan restaurant chain hits stumbling block

The 38-year-old, currently being threatened with legal action by law firm Mishcon de Reya over £3million of bills accrued during her divorce battle with Sir Paul McCartney, does not have the cash to launch the chain herself and is trying to woo bankers into backing her project.

"Heather has had an intimate dinner with members of a well known corporate bank to try to secure funding," says my well placed source.

"Until her divorce is finalised she needs financial backing."

In November, Mills hit the headlines during one of her vegan awareness campaigns when she told the public; "Why don't we drink milk from rats and dogs?"

Mills lectured onlookers at Hyde Park's Speaker's Corner about the pros of becoming a vegan.

She said that livestock created far more carbon emissions than transport, so we should go vegan - someone who eats no meat or dairy produce - or at least find something else to put in tea or coffee.

She said: "There are many other kinds of milk available. Why don't we try drinking rats' milk and dogs' milk?"

Vegan Mills was launching a poster campaign for an animal welfare charity Viva.

One of the posters features Miss Mills writhing in a gold sequinned dress with the slogan: "Hey Meaty, you're making me so hot!"

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The second poster shows Miss Mills - whose leg was amputated after a motorbike hit her as she crossed a street - sending herself up with the logo: "You haven't got a leg to stand on!"

The slogan is aimed at those who claim to be environmentally-aware but also eat meat.