[런던=AP/KNs] 한 시대를 풍미한 비틀즈의 폴 매카트니가 첫 부인과 웨딩마치를 올렸던 곳에서 세 번째 부인인 미국인 낸시 슈벨(51)과 9일(현지시각) 결혼식을 올렸다.

수천 명의 상심한 여성 팬들이 결혼식장을 둘러쌌던 1969년과 호화로운 결혼식으로 이목을 끌었던 바로 이 전의 결혼식과 대조적으로 비교적 소박하게 치러진 이번 결혼식에는 폴 맥카트니의 가까운 친지와 친구들 및 신부의 사촌이 참석했다.

올해 69세가 된 폴 매카트니는 식이 끝난 뒤 자택에 도착한 후 팬들에게 “정말 행복하다”며 기쁜 표정을 감추지 못했다.

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LONDON (AP) -- A hint of autumnal Beatlemania was in the air Sunday as Paul McCartney, for the second time in his improbable life, climbed the steps of venerable Old Marylebone Town Hall to take himself a bride.

True, thousands of heartbroken female fans crowded the columned building in 1969 when he married Linda Eastman, and only a few hundred showed up Sunday as he wed another American, Nancy Shevell, at the very same registry office.

But the feeling this time was not regret at the loss of a bachelor heartthrob. Instead there was joy that McCartney, regarded as a national treasure and revered the world over, seemed happy again.

The 69-year-old former Beatle appeared proud, content and eager to share his joy with the crowd, raising his bride's hand in triumph as he walked down the steps after they became man and wife in a simple civil ceremony attended by close family and friends, including drummer Ringo Starr and Barbara W　　alters, a second cousin of the bride.

"I feel absolutely wonderful," McCartney told fans as he arrived at his home after the ceremony. He was expected to sing a new song he had composed for his bride at the reception.