UK Today News: Former Beatles singer Sir Paul McCartney tied the knot on Sunday with his girlfriend Nancy Shevell in London. Nancy and McCartney made their public appearance just before 03:30 pm, when the British singer was wearing a Blue suit while the bride was seen wearing a long sleeved white gown and a flower on her hair.
The bride and the groom wore outfits that were designed by the singer’s fashion designer, daughter Stella. This is the third marriage for McCartney.
The 69-year-old singer got hitched with his 51-year-old bride at the Marylebone Town Hall and had waved to the crowd, who had showered confetti on the newly wedded couple before they arrived at the McCartney residence. Among the celebrities who had attended the wedding included the only surviving former Beatle, Ringo Starr and popular US TV host Barbara Walters. Walters had reportedly played a major role in introducing McCartney and Shevell.
The singer and his new bride got engaged in the month of May and the wedding had taken place at the same place where he wed his first wife Linda, in the year 1969. Linda died of breast cancer at the age of 56 in the year 1998. Shevell too was earlier married to a lawyer Bruce Blakeman, with whom she has a 19 year old son. McCartney’s second marriage was with Heather Mills, which ended in a bitter divorce in the year 2008. McCartney and Mills have a daughter Beatrice together. The British singer had paid Mills 23. 3 million pounds, which she had asked for.
Alison Cathcart had performed the wedding of the McCartney and Shevell and had called the wedding venue as a rock n’ roll place to tie the knot. Cathcart has earlier conducted marriage services for celebrities like Sylvester Stallone and Joan Collins.