Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)

Paul: £1million? All you need is love..

Macca’s jokey response after a family member asks for slice of Beatle’s cash

- BY MARK JEFFERIES Showbiz Editor mark.jefferies@mirror.co.uk @mirrorjeff­ers

A RELATIVE of Paul Mccartney has revealed how one cheeky family member jokingly asked the star for a share of his estimated £800million fortune.

But comedian Ted Robbins, 68, said the 81-year-old Beatle had the perfect response to the request, quoting the band’s hit: “All you need is love.”

Ted, whose late mother was Sir Paul’s first cousin, said he has many fond memories of the musician attending family parties, and recalled the funny exchange.

He said: “We’ve got a cousin called Ronnie Fogg, and he’s the most Scouse man. Ronnie’s like the fool to Paul’s King Lear. There was this family do and Ronnie, he just cuts straight to the quick and goes, ‘Hey, Paul, giz a mill, you f***ing tight **** . Giz a mill, you can afford it’. And Paul laughs. Paul says, ‘Hey, Ronnie, you don’t need a mill, you just need love’. Ronnie said, ‘Oh, I f***ing love you, giz a mill?’”

But Ted reveals Paul did pay off his mum and dad’s mortgage when they were broke. And he wrote Teddy Boy about the Phoenix Nights star.

Ted, whose sister is comedian Kate Robbins and his niece is TV star Emily Atack, revealed that Paul’s success meant others were left in his shadow.

Paul’s younger sibling Mike, who performed as Mike Mcgear in bands The Scaffold and Grimms, felt second best, he said. “For some members of our family, it’s kind of screwed their lives up a bit. If you compare, you know what I mean?,” Ted added.

“I think Mike, who’s the loveliest and talented, his fear is on his gravestone, ‘Here lies Paul Mccartney’s brother’,” Ted told Chatabix podcast.

Hey Paul, giz a mill, you can afford it

You don’t need a mill.. you just need love PEACE OF PIE Mccartney

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