Richard Quest: Mills and McCartney love-struck

CNN's Richard Quest gets the latest on Mills and McCartney's Irish countryside wedding.

GLASLOUGH, Republic of Ireland (CNN) -- Sir Paul McCartney and his fiancee Heather Mills posed on Monday outside the 17th century Irish castle where they plan to wed. They kissed as more than 200 fans cheered.

CNN Correspondent Richard Quest was camped outside the gates of Castle Leslie on Monday where preparations continue for Tuesday's wedding in rainy conditions.

QUEST: You wouldn't believe it. We had a short break of about 15, 20 minutes when there was no rain. And that was when, of course, McCartney and Mills came out. After that it [began] absolutely bucketing down, and has been for hours.

Paul McCartney said that they weren't going to let the bad weather get in the way of the happy celebrations.

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His spokesman described the couple as being like love-struck teenagers.

They were lively and bubbly as they were going around the castle, looking around and seeing all the preparations.

When he came out here, he was very keen to say that this was not going to be a celebrity wedding. It was a wedding for family and friends. In fact, he said there would only probably be about 10 people, 10 celebrities that we would actually know or indeed would recognize.

We haven't seen anybody going in. The windows are blacked out of the vans that are taking the guests in. We are doing our best.

It was a very happy [and] enjoyable occasion watching the two of the them coming out. He gave her a kiss once. For those members of the press who missed it, he gave her a kiss again. And then he referred to that odd incident when Uncle Jack Leslie, the man who used to own the castle, gave away the secret of when McCartney would marry Mills.

He made a point of speaking to the crowd. Heather Mills gave a kiss to a girl who gave her some flowers. And they also received a plaque of the Heather Mills and Paul McCartney family tree.

[It is] an extraordinary day.

Hang on. Hang on. [There is a] bit of luck here -- the rain stopped.

[The couple says] they chose this spot because Paul McCartney's mother was born in the area. His grandparents are buried here. And, of course, they said they had enormous family relationships here [in Glaslough].