In pictures: McCartney and Mills

Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills are expected to marry in Ireland on Tuesday, after a week of rumours over the timing and location.

Castle Leslie is believed to have been chosen ahead of venues in the US and Scotland

Security was tight at Castle Leslie on Thursday as a media scrum gathered outside

Sir Paul met former model Heather Mills in 1999, a year after his first wife Linda died of cancer

Sir Paul McCartney declared of Heather "Yeah, I love her" on TV sparking marriage rumours

Sir Paul's daughter Stella is expected to be among the guests

Ex-Beatle Ringo Starr and wife Barbara Bach are expected to be on the guest list

The couple issued an "official" engagement picture to help satisy the intense media appetite around the couple

In recent years Sir Paul McCartney has widened his creative output to include poetry and painting

There were media reports of a rift and that Sir Paul threw Mills' engagement ring out of a hotel window

But the ring is expected to be joined by a wedding band on Tuesday

Sir Paul was married to Linda McCartney for 29 years until she died of cancer

The former Beatle was on hand to help the Queen's Jubilee celebrations go with a bang