John Major botched the 50th D-Day anniversary when the then prime minister's plans which included a spam-fritter-frying competition were judged a poor way to honour the deaths of 7, 000 men on the beaches of Normandy.
Sir Paul revealed that both he and George Harrison used Weedon's manuals to learn the chords D and A, and John Lennon admitted he began playing the guitar using Play in a Day.