Paul McCartney to wed for 3rd time

Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney is expected to marry for a third time later by tying the knot with Nancy Shevell at a London register office, BBC reported Saturday.

New Yorker Ms Shevell, 51, is an heiress to a trucking fortune.

The wedding is expected to take place at Old Marylebone Town Hall on Sunday. The town hall is where Sir Paul married first wife Linda Eastman - also an American - in 1969.

She died in 1998 and Sir Paul, 69, split from second wife Heather Mills during an acrimonious divorce in 2008.

"Given his last marriage to Heather Mills obviously was a fairly lavish, spectacular do and look how that ended... I think this time round it's going to be a far quieter, more civilized affair," Mirror showbiz journalist Clemmie Moodie said.

"It's just close family, a few friends - we believe about 30 people, including his five children - so far more intimate."

Earlier this month, Ms Shevell moved in with Sir Paul at his home in St John's Wood, London, where it is believed a reception will take place.

Ms Shevell, who was married for 20 years to American lawyer and political candidate Bruce Blakeman, became engaged to Sir Paul in May.

The couple began dating four years ago in the upmarket Hamptons area of Long Island. Sir Paul's eldest daughter, Mary, also married at the register office last year.

Ms Shevell is a board member of New York's transportation authority and vice-president of her family haulage firm.

But the wedding is expected to mean an end to her work in the family business and her leaving her position on the board of the transportation body.

Ms Shevell told the New York Post she would "love" the couple to live in the U.S. but she would "probably" move to England after the wedding.