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The divorce-ometer: What the stars have paid - by the hour - for their broken marriages

By CLAUDIA CONNELL - More by this author » Last updated at 00:06am on 19th March 2008

source: Daily Mail UK Daily Mail UK

So it's finally over. After two years of legal wrangling, Heather Mills has learned she will get a £24.3 million divorce settlement from Paul McCartney - a staggering £700 for every hour they were married.

But she's not the only showbiz spouse to reap huge rewards after an often short marriage. Britney Spears's first ex-husband Jason Alexander netted £300,000 for just 55 hours of wedded bliss - that's £5,455 an hour.

Here, CLAUDIA CONNELL looks at celebrity marriages that started with a walk up the aisle and ended with someone laughing all the way to the bank.

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