" October 8, 2011 -- Daily Mail (UK)
Sir Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell to marry tomorrow
Their relationship has been famously private and low-key with only occasional forays into the public eye.
And tomorrow Sir Paul McCartney, 69, will tie the knot with US heiress Nancy Shevell, 51, in a typically understated fashion.
The couple, who got engaged in May, will exchange vows before just 30 guests at London's Westminster Register Office, followed by a relaxed reception in the former Beatle's back garden.
They have been given special dispensation by the council to marry on a Sunday, and have chosen what would have been the groom's former bandmate John Lennon's 71st birthday for their big day.
It is understood Sir Paul's younger brother Mike is overseeing proceedings and will be best man, while the singer's seven-year-old daughter Beatrice is sole bridesmaid and flower girl.
Last night a source close to the star said: "The wedding is in keeping with the way Paul and Nancy have conducted their entire relationship -- low-key, understated and fuelled by goodwill. Neither of them wanted a huge fuss made and the main priority, for both, was family.
"It will be a really special, intimate ceremony followed by a fun do under a marquee in the garden. They have chosen a fairly spectacular wedding cake, and ordered a chocolate one for the younger guests. Paul's daughter, Stella, was instrumental in helping choose an entirely vegetarian, mostly organic, three-course sit-down meal.
"The pop-up bar will be free-flowing and Paul keeps threatening to get the guitar out, and dedicate a couple of songs to his new wife."
A relaxed Nancy emerged from her fiance's St John's Wood home yesterday afternoon. Caterers were also seen coming and going from the property and the marquee arrived.
Nancy, whose father heads a £250million haulage firm, is expected to spend tonight holed up in an exclusive London hotel.
The heiress' cousin, US broadcaster Barbara Walters, jetted in last night after tweeting: "Going away for a big weekend. Will tell you more when I get back."
The couple, who have been dating since 2007, are expected to honeymoon in the Caribbean later this month.
It will be Sir Paul's third wedding. In 1969 he married Linda Eastman, who died of breast cancer in 1998. The musician went on to marry model and campaigner Heather Mills in 2002 before they split acrimoniously four years later.
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October 8, 2011 -- Washington Post/AP
Signs that Paul McCartney wedding to Nancy Shevell may be set for weekend in London
A tent is being set up and party decorations are being delivered to Paul McCartney's house amid speculation that the former Beatle will marry fiancee Nancy Shevell in central London this weekend.
Paparazzi and well-wishers gathered Saturday at the pop icon's residence in the posh St. John's Wood neighborhood. British tabloids say the couple plans to marry Sunday and have a small reception afterward.
McCartney and Shevell posted a notice of intent to marry at London's Marylebone Town Hall in September. Officials say the announcement means they can marry any time in the next year.
His spokesman Saturday declined to comment.
Shevell would be McCartney's third wife. He married his first wife, the late Linda Eastman, at Marylebone Town Hall in 1969. "
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