Lee Parkin Starkey, the daughter of Ringo Starr and Maureen Starkey, was born on 11 November 1970.
She was born at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital in London, where the couple’s sons Zak and Jason were also born.
The name Lee was chosen because it couldn’t be shortened, and Parkin was the surname of Starr’s grandfather.
My real name is Parkin, not Starkey. My grandad was named Johnny Parkin. When my grandfather’s mother remarried, which was pretty shocking in those days, she married a Starkey, so my grandfather changed his name to Starkey, too. (I went to have my family tree done in the Sixties, but I could only trace back two generations – and they couldn’t find me! I had to go to my family to find out, and even they hadn’t wanted to say anything in case the press found out.)
Ringo Starr
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