Paul McCartney Says He’s Been A Monarchist From A Young Age: Here’s Why

Many of you know Paul McCartney as one of the members of one of the most known musical groups in history, the Beatles. Well, if you remember correctly, for those of you unfamiliar with the Beatles, they’re a British band formed in 1960. The band may have been short-lived, but they accumulated such a huge fan base within a short time, thus giving rise to the Beatlemania.

But before the Beatles, Paul McCartney had had a dash with the British monarchy which has left him hooked ever since.

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On Friday, September 9, Paul McCartney posted a lengthy tribute to Her Majesty on Facebook, carefully detailing his happy recollections of meeting her.

He explained that hearing about her passing made memories of all the times he met her come flashing back.

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“I feel privileged to have been alive during the whole of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign,” McCartney posted Friday. “When I was 10 years old I entered an essay competition in Liverpool and won my division for my essay about the British Monarchy so I have been a fan for a long time.”

“In 1953 when the Queen was crowned everyone on our street in Speke, Liverpool finally got a television set and we settled down to watch the Coronation in glorious black and white,” he continued. “Looking back I am honored and amazed to see that I met Her Majesty eight or nine times and each time she impressed me with her great sense of humor combined with great dignity.”

Paul McCartney On All the Times He Met The Queen

McCartney, who, along with the rest of the Beatles, received an MBE at Buckingham Palace on October 26, 1965, went on to recount all the times he met the Queen, with a personal memory associated with each meeting.

“I remember us being taken aside and shown what the correct protocol was,” the “Hey Jude” songwriter remembered about being introduced to the Queen at Buckingham Palace.
“We were told how to approach Her Majesty and not to talk to her unless she talks to us,” he added. “For four Liverpool lads, it was, ‘Wow, hey man.'”

The next time he met the Queen and Prince Philip was at the Royal Albert Hall on Dec. 13, 1982, alongside his late wife Linda. The event, called “An Evening for Conservation”, included some orchestral re-workings of classic Beatles songs.

“I remember chatting with Her Majesty about them,” McCartney revealed in his post. “She also re-introduced me to Prince Philip who said he remembered our previous meeting in the sixties!”

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“Our third meeting would come in the next decade,” McCartney noted about meeting the Queen the day she opened the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts on June 1996. It was, McCartney continued, “on the site of my old school that George Harrison and myself attended. She also had previously given a donation which the school was very honored to receive.”

A year later, fate would go on to throw McCartney in the Queen’s way again when he received his knighthood at Buckingham Palace, a day he said was a “a very proud day for me”.

“It was one of the best days ever,” McCartney continued. “I felt very honored to be offered a Knighthood and of course, it would have been rude to turn it down! I remember it was in the springtime and the skies were blue. It was a wonderful day and I remember thinking I’d come a long way from a little terrace house in Liverpool!”

In 2002, he met the Queen during her Golden Jubilee and in 2012, he took part in the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. The last time he met the late Queen was in 2018.

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