London, Jan 13 (Inditop.com) Former “Beatles” singer Paul McCartney is reportedly making secret preparations to marry US heiress Nancy Shevell.

McCartney is said to be keen to tie the knot for a third time, this time with Shevell, his girlfriend of nearly two years. He organised a family meeting in the Caribbean earlier this month to discuss their future together with his children, reported femalefirst.co.uk.

“Next year has certainly been mentioned as the most likely time, but neither of them want some big deal made out of it,” said a friend of the 67-year-old musician.

“It’s almost certainly going to be done very discreetly over in the US and Paul would ideally like to do it without any publicity beforehand, but whether he could pull that off is another matter,” added the friend.

New York-based Shevell is a businesswoman of high standing. She is the vice president of administration at her father’s company, New England Motor Freight.