When Did Paul & Jane Break Up?

On July 20, 1968, Jane Asher announced publicly to the BBC that her engagement to Paul McCartney had been called off, an announcement that shocked many people, including McCartney himself, who was soon to start dating Linda Eastman, whom he would marry in 1969.

Jane Asher was 17 years old when she met Paul. Asher began a five-year relationship with Paul McCartney.

They announced on Christmas Day 1967 that they were engaged to be married, and in February and March 1968, Asher accompanied the Beatles and their respective partners to Rishikesh to attend an advanced transcendental mediation training session with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

In 1971, Asher met the illustrator Gerald Scarfe. They married in 1981 and have three children. Asher dislikes discussing her relationship with McCartney. She stated in 2004: “I’ve been happily married for 30-something years. It’s insulting”.