peace to me."[39]

Lennon has been quoted as having a "cordial" relationship with Ono while getting along very well with her son, his half-brother Sean. Lennon saw Sean perform live for the first time in Paris on 12 November 2006 at La Boule Noire [40] and he and Sean spent time together on Sean's tour in 2007. In commemoration of John Lennon’s 70th birthday and as a statement for peace, Lennon and his mother, Cynthia, unveiled the John Lennon Peace Monument in his home town of Liverpool, England, on 9 October 2010.[41]

Lennon has been engaged twice – to socialite Lucy Bayliss and actress Olivia d'Abo - but both engagements were called off.[42] He now resides near Monaco.

Lennon remains friends with his father's former bandmate, McCartney, though they experienced aits frequent flyer programme".

"All of the miles collected during his time in the programme will be annulled," the airline said.

How did he smuggle the cat on board?

In the post, Mr Galin said he had had Viktor with him on a flight from the Latvian capital Riga to Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok, which included a stopover in Moscow.

But when he tried to board the second leg of the flight in the Russian capital, Aeroflot staff would not allow him to take Viktor into the passenger cabin.

"The weigh-in showed that the animal had fattened up to 10 kilograms, a level not allowed for the cabin," Mr Galin wrote.

Unwilling to place the cat in the luggage hold, Mr Galin delayed his flight and took the "strategic decision to find