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Paul McCartney Marries in London

Former Beatle weds third wife, Nancy Shevell, in civil ceremony

October 10, 2011 8:55 AM ET
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Sir Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell leave the Marylebone Registry Office after their wedding in London.
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Paul McCartney married for the third time on Sunday, exchanging vows with businesswoman and heiress Nancy Shevell in a small civil ceremony at the Marylebone Town Hall in London.  The ceremony was followed by a reception at McCartney's home, with guests including his fellow Beatle Ringo Starr, George Harrison's widow Olivia and television journalist Barbara Walters, who is Shevell's cousin. The couple have plans to throw another wedding party in New York sometime in the near future.

Photos: Rare Beatles Pictures
McCartney, 69, was previously married to Linda Eastman from 1969 until her death from breast cancer in 1998, and to Heather Mills from 2002 until their bitter divorce in 2008. Shevell, 51, has been married once before, to lawyer and former New York State Republican senatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman.

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