Beatles legend, 79, & wife Nancy love to cut a rug
SIR Paul McCartney says his romance with Nancy Shevell was meant to be... because the pair can’t get enough of throwing shapes on the dancefloor.
Writing in his new book, The Lyrics, Sir Paul says he knew early on his relationship with the American businesswoman “would last”.
And their compatibility was underlined by their mutual love of busting some moves.
“There’s no denying it, I really enjoy dancing,” says the legend, who was previously married to Linda McCartney and Heather Mills. “It’s something Nancy and I are particularly keen on.
“After a show, when the band and crew get together for a drink, we’re always the first ones on the dancefloor. Certain songs will just get you dancing.”
The book also reveals how the pair got together during a holiday to Morocco with the
Beatle’s brother, Mike, and his wife, during which Sir Paul said it “rained the whole bloody time”.
He admitted he had already “fallen in love with my lady”, but they were not officially a couple and had separate rooms.
Then on Valentine’s Day during another downpour he sat at the piano in the hotel’s foyer and knocked out a song for her, called My Valentine, which he went on to release in 2012.
Sir Paul, 79, said:
“The piano was sitting in the foyer all day long, and because the rain would not stop, I sometimes went and just noodled on the keys.”
He added: “I was thinking all sorts of loving thoughts towards Nancy, and while I was at the piano I could see that the waiters who were clearing up were listening. But it was nice and romantic, a perfect moment. I thought to myself, we’re not going to stay in separate rooms tonight.” Sir Paul and Nancy, 61, wed in 2011 at a London Register Office, and he is clearly still smitten. He added: “If you had to say one word about her, it’s that she’s real. “I have a beautiful picture of when we went to the White House. It’s of Nancy and me talking to Barack and Michelle Obama, and we’re laughing at something the president said. “Nancy is paying such attention. She’s a great person. She’s multifaceted.” The Lyrics by Paul McCartney, published by Allen Lane, is out now.
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