John Lennon and his first wife Cynthia Lennon had their son Julian in 1963, just a year after they married. In the years which followed, The Beatles ’ fame morphed into Beatlemania and their relationship began to break down. In 1966, John met avant-garde artist Yoko Ono and the pair began corresponding.

He and his first wife officially split in 1968 when she returned from a holiday with Julian to find The Beatles star in their home with Ono.

John’s relationship with his son was distant and, after he moved to New York with his new love Yoko, it was several years before the two saw each other again.

In 1973, Julian began to visit his dad regularly during the Beatle's affair with May Pang, and John encouraged his son's interest in music.

While the mythology surrounding the pair was that they were beginning to build a relationship right at the time John was fatally shot in 1980, Julian painted a different picture.

In a newly unearthed interview with The Telegraph from 1998, the singer-songwriter criticised his famous father for the way he handled the break-up of his first family.

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