The First (and Second) Wives Club: Marrying Into the Beatles

Dismissed as the Girl Who Trapped Him into Marriage

With time, Powell and Lennon started chatting and they found common ground, like in the loss of their parents. Lennon’s mother had recently passed away and so had Powell’s father. She developed a liking for this interesting fellow – so much so that she decided to call it off with her fiancé to start dating Lennon.

Cynthia Lennon, John Lennon, and George Harrison with others watching Pattie Harrison model in 1968.

Cynthia Lennon, John Lennon, and George Harrison are watching Pattie Harrison model in 1968. Photo by Tony Barette / Daily Mail / Shutterstock

The couple married on August 23, 1962, after she discovered that she was pregnant. Their son, Julian, was born the following April. While Powell was a part of his Lennon’s life before the Beatles became an international pop sensation, she claimed that she was “usually dismissed as the impressionable young girl who fell for him, then trapped him into marriage”, as she wrote in her 2006 book titled “John.”