#john's princess

[lav3yn]

𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖.

[homicidalbrunette]

I feel like it was this Pouty Bottom Behaviour that made everyone call him John's princess

[irisasis]

every time i see 1967 paul mccartney i think of miette

[undying-love]

What's the source of Paul being called "John's princess"?

I've seen 3 different sources of this:

Yoko said it to Philip Norman for his book "John Lennon: The Life"(2008):

"Around Apple, in her hearing, Paul would sometimes be called John’s Princess."

The other source is the book "Apple to the Core" (1972), written by two journalists (Peter McCabe and Robert Schonfeld) who knew the Beatles personally:

"With Yoko present, Paul McCartney’s reign as Lennon’s princess was doomed.”

And Francie Schwartz (who dated Paul briefly and was present at some Beatles studio sessions) wrote a 4-page article for Rolling Stone in 1969 that said this:

"John and Paul can shoot looks at each other and exchange thoughts. John, full of Da Vinci-esque chutzpah and Lewis Carroll whimsy and Joycean logic, projects authority, sovereignty. Can you dig that Paul is his princess?" (x)

[prettycoolbeagle]

I'm personally a (Forgive me) My Little Flower Princess type of person. I think we moved on too fast from Paul being John's princess

[lord-pain]

Paul, the immovable heterosexual, on George last days:

"bro was dying and held my hand, no homo tho"

[i-am-the-oyster]

Hi oyster could you tell me more about the apple executives calling Paul names like “Johns princess” ?and also I’m not sure if it was yoko who said this but I heard someone say that the other names were pretty mean and 100 times worse that “Johns princess”. Thank you !

Thanks for the question anon!

According Philip Norman* (in John Lennon: The Life) Yoko told him that she heard Apple staff calling Paul "John's princess". (Not Apple executives, I think that would be quite different.)

In fact, Paul's girlfriend Francie Schwartz called Paul John's princess in print in 1969. Francie was staff at Apple for a while, so I guess that proves that. (Though it doesn't say anything about how widespread it was.)

As to your second point: I know I've read that too, but I cannot remember where. Can anyone help us out with that?

* I only know this book from quotes on tumblr. I haven't read it, and don't intend to. This book is also the source for the rehearsal tape “with John's voice calling out 'Paul…Paul…' in a strangely subservient pleading way"

[got-ticket-to-ride]

This image had me thinking that Paul was sitting on John's lap. But it's just a nice optical illusion.