The couple, who have been seen in public together regularly for the past year, are now legally allowed to marry after Shevell's divorce from lawyer Bruce Blakeman was finalised in December.

McCartney's children, including Stella McCartney are said to have given the couple their backing, reports the Sunday Mirror. [oh, so we should put as much faith in this report as we do sightings of Bigfoot.] - more on this story

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