The Starrs first lived at 34 Montagu Square, Marylebone, then bought Sunny Heights, in St George's Hill, Weybridge.

[3] She left convent school at 14, began her career as a trainee manicurist/hairdresser at Ashley du Pre,[4][5] in Liverpool,[6] and changed her name to Maureen but was known as "Mo" to her friends.

[3] At 15, Cox became a regular at the Cavern Club,[2] and remembered the long queues and violent competition for access to the Beatles.

[3][page needed] All the Beatles were supposed to be officially unattached, for image purposes,[8] and when Ringo started dating Cox in 1962, she was often threatened, and once scratched in the face by a vicious rival.

[12] On 20 January 1965, Starr proposed marriage to Cox at the Ad Lib Club, above the Prince Charles Theatre, London.

[13] After finding out that she was pregnant in late January 1965,[14] 18-year-old Maureen married Starr at the Caxton Hall registry office in London on 11 February 1965.

[15][16][14] Because of the pregnancy, the Beatles' manager Brian Epstein arranged the wedding very quickly, hoping it would be private, with John Lennon telling her there should be no tears, or she 'wouldn't be one of the gang'.

"[21] The Starrs were living at 34 Montagu Square, Marylebone,[22] when Epstein's accountant suggested that the group members should move to houses near his, in Esher.

[24] Ken Partridge was asked to redesign the interior of the six-bedroom house, incorporating a private pub above the garage, called The Flying Cow,[25] which had a mirrored bar, pool table, jukebox, and a portrait of Lennon and McCartney on the wall.

In 1968, as a favour to Starr, Sinatra recorded this special version of his previously released song "The Lady Is a Tramp" for Maureen's birthday.

[51] Zak Starkey was born on 13 September 1965, at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, the same day as the single "Yesterday" was released in the US.

[65] In November 1987, Maureen Starr instructed her counsel, Thayne Forbes QC, to sue Withers, the London firm of solicitors that had handled her divorce settlement, for an alleged "breach of contract and negligence", saying that a partner, Charles Doughty, had not fully investigated Starr's finances at the time and had not given enough consideration to the settlement amount and her personal needs.

[66] She was present for every day of the three-week court case,[64] and when called to give evidence, she referred to herself as "thick as two short planks", and Starr as being a "sodding great Andy Capp" (a womanising, drunk cartoon character).

[63] Finding in favour of Doughty and Withers, Mr Justice Bush said that Starr was "a generous man" as he had increased her yearly payments twice since their divorce.

[70] Maureen attended the funeral of drummer Keith Moon on 13 September 1978, at the Golders Green Crematorium, along with 120 guests, including Eric Clapton, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts.

[73] Cox died at age 48 on 30 December 1994, to complications from leukaemia[2] following unsuccessful treatment at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington.

[36] Following her death, Paul McCartney wrote the song "Little Willow", which appears on his 1997 album Flaming Pie, in her memory and with a dedication to her children.