Others expected to attend the event include model Lily Cole and Sir Tim Berners-Lee.

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On his 64th birthday this Sunday, Sir Paul will be in the middle of a messy divorce to model Heather Mills, and with the prospect of a very expensive settlement hanging over his head.

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Actress and model Elizabeth Hurley was honoured for "services to mankind", while Sir Paul McCartney took his latest lifetime achievement award.

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He was fiddling with a clay model of an early successor to the E-type when company founder Sir William Lyons walked by.

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