Nancy Shevell and Paul McCartney post wedding notice

Sir Paul McCartney will marry his American fiancee at the same London venue in which he wed late wife Linda more than 40 years ago, the Daily Mail can reveal.

The former Beatle posted banns at Westminster Register Office, meaning he could marry Nancy Shevell there as soon as next month. His fiancee has said it will be a ‘small family affair’ in contrast to the lavish £1.5 million ceremony when he married second wife Heather Mills.

Sir Paul and heiress Miss Shevell, 51, arrived in person to hand in the ‘notices’ earlier this week. They were posted by officials on Wednesday evening. Legally, the couple have a year from October 1 to marry in the venue, which is based in Marylebone Town Hall and is more commonly known as Marylebone Register Office. If they decide to wed elsewhere, they have to post new banns.

The 69-year-old — who divorced Heather Mills in 2008 — is expected to marry next month. All couples are required to give 16 days notice of their intention to marry.

The banns, signed by Superintendent Registrar Alison Cathcart, list the couple as ‘James Paul McCartney’ and ‘Nancy Shevell’ and add that both parties have had a ‘previous marriage dissolved’. The banns also state that Sir Paul has been living at his London address, in St John’s Wood, for ‘more than a month’. He bought the house for £40,000 in 1965.