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===Residence and relationships=== [[File:Julian Lennon.jpg|thumb|Lennon on 9 October 2010]] After living with his parents at [[Kenwood, St. George's Hill|Kenwood]] in [[Weybridge]] outside [[London]] from 1964 to 1968, Lennon moved with his mother to a number of British locales, eventually settling in [[Wirral Peninsula|The Wirral]] near Liverpool and then to a farm in [[North Wales]].<ref name="Spin-Lipps" /> Lennon's first step-father, Roberto Bassanini, whom his mother married in 1970, was [[Italy|Italian]].<ref name="Spin-Lipps" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Sweeting|first=Adam|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/02/cynthia-lennon|title=Cynthia Lennon obituary|date=2 April 2015|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=26 January 2023|archive-date=3 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203080759/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/02/cynthia-lennon|url-status=live}}</ref> Lennon moved to the United States in the early 1980s where he resided in [[New York City]] and then [[Los Angeles]].<ref name="Spin-Lipps" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/life/julian-lennon-author-of-love-the-earth-meets-long-island-kids/ |title=Julian Lennon, author of 'Love the Earth,' meets Long Island kids |work=Red Deer Advocate |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=1 August 2019 |access-date=25 January 2023 |archive-date=25 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125114540/https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/life/julian-lennon-author-of-love-the-earth-meets-long-island-kids/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1991, Lennon moved to Europe, and resided mainly in Italy where Bassanini had lived (Lennon dedicated ''Photograph Smile'' to Bassanini in 1998).<ref>{{cite web |last=Denberg |first=Jody |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/1999-08-20/522591/ |title=Not-So-Primal Therapy |work=[[The Austin Chronicle]] |date=20 August 1999 |access-date=26 January 2023 |archive-date=26 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126094708/https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/1999-08-20/522591/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Lennon then moved to Monaco where he currently resides, and he is a friend to [[Albert II, Prince of Monaco]].<ref name=":2">{{Citation |title='For the first time in my life I feel whole' β Julian Lennon | date=18 November 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8azEPfaKO1c|access-date=2022-12-28}}</ref> Lennon has been quoted as having a reasonably "cordial" relationship with Ono, following the financial settlement against his late father's estate. He remains close to her son, Sean, his half-brother. Julian saw Sean perform live for the first time in Paris on 12 November 2006 at La Boule Noire, and he and Sean spent time together on Sean's tour in 2007.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/beatles/article6852494.ece | publisher=The Times, UK | title=Real Life 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' Dies at 46 | first=Ben | last=Hoyle | date=29 September 2009 | access-date=7 May 2010 | archive-date=17 November 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117042336/https://www.the-tls.co.uk/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> Lennon has no children, revealing in 2011 that his difficult relationship with his father had discouraged him from doing so.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8933287/Julian-Lennon-blames-father-John-for-his-lack-of-children.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8933287/Julian-Lennon-blames-father-John-for-his-lack-of-children.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Julian Lennon blames father John for his lack of children|last=Eden|first=Richard|journal=Daily Telegraph|date=4 December 2011|access-date=28 October 2017|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2020, he legally changed his name from John Charles Julian Lennon to Julian Charles John Lennon<ref>{{cite web |date=15 May 2021 |title=Julian Lennon Reflects on His Passion for Photographs |url=https://www.spin.com/featured/julian-lennon-valotte-miami-art-exhibit-interview/ |website=spin.com |access-date=28 July 2021 |archive-date=28 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728235400/https://www.spin.com/featured/julian-lennon-valotte-miami-art-exhibit-interview/ |url-status=live }}</ref> to reflect the name by which he has always been known.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Denis |first=Kyle |author-link=Kyle Denis |date=2022-07-21 |title=Julian Lennon Reveals the Important Reason Why He Changed His Name |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/julian-lennon-name-change-john-1235116813/ |access-date=2022-08-23 |magazine=Billboard|archive-date=23 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823181940/https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/julian-lennon-name-change-john-1235116813/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tate |first=Amethyst |date=July 20, 2022 |title=Julian Lennon Explains Why He Legally Changed His Name: 'For Me, It's a Whole Other World' |url=https://people.com/music/julian-lennon-explains-why-he-legally-changed-his-name/ |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=people.com|archive-date=21 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721013330/https://people.com/music/julian-lennon-explains-why-he-legally-changed-his-name/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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