Beatle Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox 50 years ago today (Feb 11 1965)


Video: 'Maureen and Ringo's Wedding'

(Thursday, February 11, 1965) — Ringo Starr of The Beatles married 19-year-old Maureen Cox today at Caxton Hall Register Office in London with fellow Beatles John Lennon and George Harrison in attendance; Paul McCartney was on holiday in Hammamet, Tunisia.

The group’s manager, Brian Epstein, was the best man. Starr was the second Beatle to marry (Lennon was the first, marrying Cynthia Powell on Aug. 23, 1962, in Liverpool, England).

Following the wedding the happy couple drove to Hove, Sussex, where they enjoyed a short honeymoon at the Princes Crescent home of The Beatles’ solicitor David Jacobs.