WHAT REALLY HAPPENED ON THE BEATLES WEDDING DAYS!

In this exclusive book extract, insider Peter Brown tells all

In early March 1969, Paul McCartney phoned me to say that he and Linda Eastman were starting a family. They were like lovebirds on a cloud, thrilled Linda was pregnant. They wanted to get married as soon as possible and asked if I would make the arrangements. The problem was that as soon as they posted banns to get married in Great Britain it became public information.

I was concerned that the ceremony at the Marylebone Register Office was going to turn into a mob scene, with wailing young girls and a horde of paparazzi, but Paul and Linda were unperturbed about fans finding out. On March 12, 1969, the day of the wedding, the streets in front of the register were indeed mobbed with fans and had to be shut down by the police. We had to enter through a side door where the garbage bins were kept. Paul's brother Michael, who was the best man, was half an hour late because the police had closed off all the surrounding streets.