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A TEST FOR MACCA'S NEW LOVE

Sir Paul McCartney

Sunday May 11,2008

By Adam Helliker

Sir Paul McCartney will give his customary thumbs-up sign tomorrow when his divorce from the avaricious Heather Mills finally comes through.

Paticularly since it will give him full rein to pursue his increasingly serious relationship with American trucking executive Nancy Shevell.

Contrary to reports elsewhere – fuelled by yet another television outburst from his ex‑wife that he is currently squiring three different women – I’m told the former Beatle is concentrating all his Liverpudlian charm on Nancy.

Indeed, he has invited the poised New Yorker to what will be their first UK public outing – his homecoming gig to celebrate Liverpool as the European Capital of Culture at the end of the month.

A close friend of Sir Paul tells me: “He’s now calling Nancy ‘the girlfriend’. He has known her for years but it has recently turned into something much more – a proper relationship. He finds Nancy attractive because she’s classy, great company and, most importantly, she’s not at all interested in getting her hands on any of his fortune – she’s got her own.”

Miss Shevell, 47, is certainly wealthy. She has control over New England Motor Freight, her family’s £350million transport business.

It was at a party in the Hamptons last summer that Nancy, who is living apart from her husband Bruce Blakeman, renewed her acquaintance with Paul. Before long they were photographed frolicking on the beach of the Jumby Bay resort in Antigua – a holiday suggested by Paul to comfort Nancy after her older brother was found dead in a Los Angeles hotel room.

When Nancy flies in to Anfield for Macca’s performance at the Liverpool Sound festival on June 1,

it will be the first real test for their relationship, not least because she will be on show with his grown-up offspring: Mary, Stella and James.

Sir Paul’s family already affectionately call Nancy “Jackie O”, because of her glamorous wardrobe and huge sunglasses, although vegetarian Stella may have her work cut out if she wants to persuade Nancy to part from her huge collection of £3,000 crocodile handbags.