Sir Paul McCartney married Nancy Shevell, making her Lady McCartney, in a private ceremony on Sunday, October 9, 2011. The musician, who rose to fame as one of The Beatles in the 1960s, married the American heiress in a gathering attended by family members at the Marylebone Registry Office in London, England.
Barbara Walters Attends McCartney-Shevell Wedding
Barbara Walters, host of the ABC live talk show The View, is a second cousin of Nancy Shevell and was invited to the private ceremony in London. Walters flew to London for the wedding and shared some of the inside information on The View on October 11, 2011.
According to Barbara Walters, the ceremony at the registry office was attended by family members. Paul McCartney had the larger number of family members, so the event was dominated by his family, which included his children and eight grandchildren. Former Beatles band mate Ringo Starr, who is like a family member, attended the wedding along with his wife Barbara Bach.
A throng of reporters gathered outside the Marylebone Registry Office to catch pictures of the couple, but they were not allowed inside. The only photographer allowed inside was McCartney's daughter Mary, who is a professional photographer. The photographs of the wedding are to be kept private for the family, according to Walters.
Nancy Shevell's Wedding Dress Designed by Stella McCartney
McCartney's daughter, noted fashion designer Stella McCartney, designed the wedding dress for Nancy Shevell. The dress design was an updated version of the wedding dress worn by the Duchess of Windsor Wallis Simpson, for her 1937 wedding to Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor. King Edward of England abdicated the throne to marry the woman he loved.
The dress was a white silk sheath with button detailing down the front. Stella McCartney also designed the outfits worn by her father and her half sister Beatrice. who was a bridesmaid. Beatrice is McCartney's 7 year old daughter from his marriage to Heather Mills, which was his second marriage.
Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell Wed
According to UK Telegraph, the guests at the wedding reception included Ringo Starr and his wife, Barbara Bach, 1960s supermodel Twiggy and her husband, Leigh Lawson, Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood, artist Peter Blake and George Harrison's widow Olivia Harrison.. George Harrison was recently featured in a HBO film, George Harrison: Living in a Material World. George Harrison the Beatles and Beyond in Living in a Material World
The McCartney-Shevell wedding was held at the Marylebone Registry Office, the very same place that McCartney married his first wife, Linda Eastman, in 1969. The marriage of the musician dubbed The Cute Beatle broke the hearts of young women around the world. Lady Linda McCartney, who played in the band Wings, passed away in 1998 from breast cancer. The McCartneys had four children; Heather, Mary, Stella and James.
The wedding date was poignant because it would have been the 71st birthday of Beatles band mate John Lennon, who was murdered in New York in 1980. Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, was not able to attend the wedding because she was at a ceremony for Lennon in Iceland.
Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell have been in a relationship since 2007. The couple met in the Hamptons, where they each owned properties. It is rumored that Shevell's cousin Barbara Walters played matchmaker for the couple.
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