Paul McCartney weds MTA board member Nancy Shevell - New York Post
By DAVID K. LI
With Post Wire Services
Last Updated: 6:19 AM, October 10, 2011
Posted: 12:38 AM, October 10, 2011
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Paul McCartney married New York gal pal Nancy Shevell in an emotional London ceremony yesterday -- on what would have been John Lennons 71st birthday and with the only other surviving Beatle, Ringo Starr, by his side.
The location, a town hall, had touching significance. It was where McCartney had tied the knot with his first wife, the late Linda Eastman, in 1969.
Asked on the steps of the Old Marylebone Town Hall how he felt after wedding Shevell, an MTA board member, a smiling Sir Paul replied, Terrific, thank you. I feel married. I feel absolutely wonderful.
The groom raised his new wifes hand in triumph to the cheers of onlookers and exchanged high-fives, waved and blew a kiss to gleeful fans.
Shevell shined in an elegant but simple ivory gown designed by her new daughter-in-law, Stella McCartney.
Celebrity guests included The View co-host Barbara Walters, a second cousin of Shevells who played a key matchmaking role for the couple. Walters said she cried during the hourlong ceremony, calling it beautiful and wonderful.
Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood, guitarist Jeff Beck, TV host David Frost and Olivia Harrison, the widow of ex-Beatle George, also were among the ceremonys 30 guests.
The couple and their guests were joined by about 100 others at McCartneys home in St. Johns Wood for a reception. The guests dined on salmon and truffle risotto and $170-a-bottle organic champagne, The Sun reported.
McCartney was the headline act, performing the Beatles Let it Be, the Wings song Let Me Roll It -- a favorite of Shevells -- and a new song he had written for the occasion.
McCartneys first wife, Linda, was 56 when she died of breast cancer in 1998. His second union, in 2002 to model Heather Mills, ended in an ugly divorce that played out in the tabloid headlines.
McCartney, 69, and Shevell, 51, are planning to live in London.
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