Paul McCartney engaged to girlfriend Nancy Shevell
LONDON – Paul McCartney and his girlfriend Nancy Shevell are engaged, his publicist said Friday, nearly four years after they were first spotted together.
McCartney, 68, started dating the 51-year-old New York socialite and businesswoman following his bitter split from second wife Heather Mills.
McCartney publicist Stuart Bell confirmed recent media speculation over a proposal as true, but declined to give further details on when and how the former Beatle asked Shevell to marry him, saying only “we’re all thrilled for him.”
The bride-to-be was tightlipped but confirmed her engagement to The Associated Press.
“It’s true,” she said when contacted by telephone, but declined to comment further. “That’s all, but thank you, have a good weekend.”
The marriage will be McCartney’s third; his first wife, Linda, died of cancer in 1998. His 2002 marriage to Mills ended in divorce in 2008.