Heather Mills has been lined up to compete on next year’s Dancing On Ice series but what she doesn’t know, is that her ex-husbands second cousin, Emily Atack will also be appearing.

Emily has previously acted on E4’s The Inetweeners and is reportedly in training for the show. Her mum is Paul McCartney’s cousin and sources suggest that Emily has met Paul and Heather on numerous occasions.

A source told The Sun: “Heather is currently unaware that Emily is also going on the show. Emily’s involvement in the show is supposed to be top secret, but she has been practising.

“She has never skated before, but touch wood the training is going well and she’s not had any accidents so far.

“Emily’s extended family are all very close. She’ll have met Paul many times.

“She’ll have met Heather too – though it is doubtful Heather will react well to learning that a relative of Paul’s will be competing against her on Dancing On Ice.

“How fascinating it will be if Paul actually turns up to watch the show.”