The idea for a costume ball was John’s and the invitation to all cast and crew of the film read “Magical Mystery Tour Fancy Dress Party.” It was held at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London. All of the Beatles and their partners attended the costume ball. John was an Elvis-style rocker while Cynthia Lennon dressed as a Victorian lady. Paul and Jane Asher wore matching King and Queen outfits. Ringo was a Regency gentleman and Maureen Starkey an Indian maiden. George came as an Errol Flynn-style swashbuckler while Pattie Harrison was in an Eastern Princess costume later described by Cynthia as “incredibly sexy in an eastern dancer’s seven-veils-and-not-much-else outfit.”At the party, the nineteen year-old singer Lulu, who was riding high on the success of her movie and single “To Sir With Love,” came dressed as Shirley Temple in a blond wig and carrying a large lollipop. Seeing a drunken John ignoring his wife and concentrating his attention on Pattie, Lulu went over to John and scolded him in a loud voice, waving her lollipop in the air at him. According to Cynthia, John sat quietly with his head bowed, taking the criticism.“It was such a lovely sight, Lulu cornering John and giving him what for,” said Cynthia in her book.“John was much taken aback by Shirley Temple’s serious lecture on how to treat his wife.”
