Eleanor Rigby’s real identity remains a mystery after Sir Paul McCartney distanced himself from a document that claimed to prove that the inspiration for the famous 1966 Beatles song was a scullery maid. Annie Mawson, chief executive of the Sunbeams Music Trust charity, says she was sent the document in a brown paper envelope bearing a “Paul McCartney World Tour” stamp, after she had appealed to the singer for an item to raise funds. I watch The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover at least four times a year,” he tells Word magazine in the December issue. Contact our advertising team for advertising and sponsorship in Times Online, The Times and The Sunday Times, or place your advertisement . To inquire about a licence to reproduce material from Times Online, The Times or The Sunday Times, click here .

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