Paul McCartney Marries Nancy Shevell!

Celebrity News October 9, 2011 AT 11:52AM
Paul McCartney Marries Nancy Shevell! Credit: Neil Mockford/FilmMagic

All they need is love!

Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell said "I do" in England Sunday, Us Weekly confirms. The former Beatle, 69, wed Shevell, 51, in a small ceremony at the registry office in Marylebone. A source tells Us the duo are planning to throw a separate party in NYC for their friends in the United States.

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Shevell wore an above-the-knee ivory dress designed by McCartney's daughter, Stella; The Beatles rocker wore a dark suit. According to Reuters, McCartney presented Shevell with a 5-carat square-cut Neil Lane diamond set in a platinum ring.

The first wedding guests arrived at the Marylebone registry office at 2:25 p.m.; the ceremony began at 3:30 local time and lasted one hour. The intimate affair was attended by 30 of the couple's close friends and family, including Ringo Starr and his wife Barbara Back, George Harrison's widow Olivia, Shevell's son Arlen, and her cousin, Barbara Walters.

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McCartney's driver, John, acted as the official videographer for the wedding, standing by the car and filming the couple.

The Old Marylebone Hall is also where McCartney married his first wife, Linda Eastman, in 1969.

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After exchanging vows, the newlyweds left hand-in-hand looking "very much in love." According to one onlooker, McCartney gave the crowd a thumbs-up before hopping into a maroon-colored Lexus with his new wife and daughter Beatrice.

"McCartney seemed over the moon!" the onlooker adds. "He was smiling and was holding hands with Nancy the whole time!

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The couple's reception will be held at McCartney's home in St. Johns Wood, which he has owned since 1965. He addressed the press outside the estate, telling them he feels "terrific. I feel wonderful."

Preparations for the reception began days earlier, as bouquets of pale yellow roses, several bags of ice and sound equipment were delivered Friday. The following morning, a gazebo was erected outside the rocker's home as workers delivered 135 silver chairs, 10 tables and an easel.

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Attendees will dine on a selection of small savory tarts at the post-wedding bash, such as vegetable gyoza and goat cheese and chervil polenta. Other menu items included fresh mango, tomatoes, red cabbage and cranberries, and desserts of elderflower-flavored creme fraiche with mixed berries. "We have been preparing for three days," a catering source told Us.

There are also two tiered cakes created by West Sussex-based Posh Puds Patisserie: one is vegan (made with apples) and the second is chocolate.

In May, Shevell told The New York Post her and McCartney's wedding would include "just our families." She added: "Don't ask what I'll wear because how dressy do you get to stand before a Justice of the Peace in his chambers, which is exactly what we're going to do."

A source tells Us McCartney proposed to Shevell in April "during a romantic candlelit dinner for two" after four years of dating. As for the ring? It's estimated to be worth an impressive $650,000!

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This is Shevell's second marriage and McCartney's third. The rocker's first wife Linda died of cancer at age 56 in 1998. His second marriage to Heather Mills in 2002 ended with a messy, expensive divorce six years later.

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  • October 11, 2011 - 11:38pm Kathleen Eilers

    Congratulations

  • October 11, 2011 - 11:36pm Kathleen Eilers

    Congratulations

  • October 11, 2011 - 11:36pm Kathleen Eilers

    Congratulations Sir Paul and Lady Nancy...

  • October 10, 2011 - 10:26am Jessica Bailey

    It's Barbara Bach, not Back. And they were also married on John Lennon's Birthday.

  • October 09, 2011 - 8:37pm Douglas Rossi

    congratulations to Sir Paul and his new Lady Nancy! A very handsome couple indeed!

  • October 09, 2011 - 8:26pm Greg J Hansen

    COOL YOU OLD FART LOL.

  • October 09, 2011 - 7:57pm Kelly Dawn

    At least she's closer to his age....maybe that will make the marraige work. I hope it works out for him...he deserves it so much!!!

  • October 09, 2011 - 6:47pm Debi Jeffers Boersma

    I wish Paul and Nancy all the best. He certainly deserves some happiness.

  • October 09, 2011 - 5:08pm Jamie Yates

    she is beautiful but far too thin. my god.

  • October 09, 2011 - 3:35pm Lisa Dailey Gregory

    I hope he has a happily ever after this time he deserves it!

  • October 09, 2011 - 3:34pm Stefanie Trump-Ludwig

    She's gorgeous and I love that his kids love and approve of her, unlike that witch Heather!

  • October 09, 2011 - 3:11pm Kristi Billig Lance

    They make a nice couple! Best Wishes to them.

  • October 09, 2011 - 2:37pm Cindy Holmes

    I love this! I like Paul and I have this great gut feeling about Nancy Shevell and I had such a lousy gut feeling about that wench, Heather, so I rely a lot on my "gut" feelings now. Nancy seems like such a nice lady.

  • October 09, 2011 - 2:07pm Alida Hartley

    I think it's great. I love Paul. After all he gave to the world let us give him our blessings.

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