Paul McCartney has been the object of many romantic desires since his teen idol days as frontman of The Beatles, but his personal life has had its highs and lows.
After his first wife, Linda, died of breast cancer in 1998, McCartney said he “cried for a year.” His subsequent marriage to former model Heather Mills ended in an acrimonious divorce and a $50 million settlement.
But McCartney didn’t let the breakup sour him on finding love, and he was soon spotted with Nancy Shevell, a New York-based businesswoman and breast cancer survivor who founded a cancer resource center in the Hamptons.
From kissing on the beach to saying, “I do,” in front of their closest family and friends, here’s a breakdown of Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell’s relationship timeline.
While staying at their respective homes in the Hamptons, Shevell and McCartney crossed paths in the summer of 2007. Despite a 17-year age gap, a source told PEOPLE the two “are clearly well-suited, well-matched.”
They connected over their similar lifestyles. “He doesn’t like a big social life; nor does she,” said Shevell’s second cousin, Barbara Walters.
November 7, 2007: Paul McCartney is seen kissing Nancy Shevell
McCartney was in the midst of a highly publicized divorce from former model Mills when he was first spotted kissing Shevell.
