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Fifty years ago today, the media massed outside Caxton Hall registry office in London as Beatles drummer Ringo Starr married Liverpool hairdresser Maureen Cox.

The pair had met at the Cavern before the band were household names and Maureen was eventually forced to give up her career as jealous Ringo fans had been known to attack her in public.

Ringo was the first Beatle to marry after the group became famous and as our gallery shows, whenever one of the Fab Four was wed, be it in Gibraltar, Ireland or a town hall in a London borough, the fans and the photographers were never far behind. Even in the 21st Century.

View our dedicated Beatles section here