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American Morning

Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills Will Marry Tomorrow

Aired June 10, 2002 - 09:54   ET

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PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: Richard Quest has been on a watch outside a 17th century Irish castle where Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills will marry tomorrow. What's going on there, sir?

RICHARD QUEST, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Paula, since we last spoke, we've had a briefing on exactly what's happening. Paul McCartney and Heather Mills are described as walking around the castle and the grounds and looking at the preparations, lively and bubbly like love- struck teenagers, according to their spokesman, as the final preparations are put in place for tomorrow's ceremony.

We believe that the couple were offered over $2 million for exclusive pictures to tomorrow's ceremony. They turned that down. Instead pictures will be made available, and anybody who does use them is after -- anybody who does use them is asked to make a contribution of around $1,500 to their favorite charity, the Land Mine Charity.

On the question of -- you were mentioning earlier, Paula, about what did they make that the whole thing was leaked by Sir John Leslie, the owner of the castle? Apparently, Paul McCartney found that hilarious. He gathered that it would eventually leak out, the facts of this particular event. And so once he actually came out, he thought it was most amusing.

Now I final thought, Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney last wife, who died years ago, her family, the Eastman family, will be here, along with Paul McCartney's children. We're told that 98 percent of the people will be family and friends. They're aiming to make this a true wedding, even if there are several hundreds members of the press camped outside.

ZAHN: Plus, you've got a lot of big stars coming, right. Sting, who else, that some of us might be familiar with the names of?

QUEST: Eric Clapton is supposed to be here, Sting. We still don't know if Bill Clinton is going to be here. We do know that Ringo Starr is going to be here, and the question is whether he will actually have rewritten "All You Need is Love" in a special version for the happy couple.

ZAHN: Oh, what a great idea, Richard. I wonder if Paul came up with that idea on his own, or if that will happen. Enjoy the festivities. We will check with you a lot tomorrow.

What is the appointed hours tomorrow?

QUEST: Yes, the appointed hours about 10:00 or 11:00 your time.

ZAHN: Oh good, we'll get part of the action right here. Thanks, Richard. Enjoy the crowds.

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