Yoko Ono and Stella McCartney kissed and embraced each other at the funeral of 'fifth Beatle' Neil Aspinall Monday.

Yoko, widow of John Lennon, and fashion designer Stella, whose father is Sir Paul McCartney, warmly greeted each other before the service at London's St. Mary-the-Virgin Church, in Twickenham.

Yoko Ono has defended Sir Paul McCartney's ex-wife Heather Mills, saying she must have "suffered".

The 75-year-old Japanese artist, the widow of Paul's Beatles bandmate John Lennon, believes Heather's marriage to the legendary musician would have been a struggle for her.

It wasn't always blissful for John Lennon and Yoko Ono during their marriage. The late music icon's former assistant claims that the couple had began their divorce proceedings five years before his death.

May Pang, who was under Lennon's employment from 1974 to 1975, reveals that they had dated with Ono's approval and encouragement because the couple were hitting a rough road in their marriage.