Heather Mills accused British Airways staff of trying to expressly humiliate her when she was offered a wheelchair rather than a buggy to take her from the check-in desk to the departure gate at Gatwick airport last week.

According to the Mirror, Heather asked the staff member: “Have you got it in for me? This is vile! Why are you doing this to me? Don’t you know I have only one leg? Why are you treating me like this?”

An onlooker near the BA desk revealed: “Heather’s face fell when she saw the wheelchair. She was mortified. She asked for an electric buggy but there was not one available. Eventually, after getting a few things off her chest, she decided to walk to the plane.”

“Heather was clearly worried about how she would look being pushed in a wheelchair. She was very jumpy.”

“She thought everyone had it in for her. It was very embarrassing for her. She thought she shouldn’t have been put in such an embarrassing position. It created a bit of a fuss which a fair few people witnessed.”

A spokesperson for British Airways confirmed the incident but added that they had not received a complaint.