Paul McCartney , the last remaining bachelor beatle , 26 , shields his bride , American divorcee , Lind Eastman , 27 , from the seething crowds as the couple left Marylebone Register Office , London , after their marriage this morning . Linda , daughter of a Manhattan lawyer , is an American society photographer. She first met Paul in New York eight months ago . She has a six year old daughter by a previous marriage . As the ceremony took place , feminine fans of the bridegroom wept outside the building . As the couple left the building the bride appeared frightened of the screaming, sobbing teen-age girls . 12 March 1969.