 Complete the following phrase:  In the UK, criticism largely faded with the bands international breakthrough, as commentators recognised the Beatles value to the economy. Some traditionalists were nevertheless outraged by the group being awarded MBEs, and the Beatles, as with rock music in general, remained the target of figures such as Daily Mail columnist Monica Furlong and conservative activist Mary Whitehouse. In 1967, Whitehouse campaigned against the lyric Boy, youve been a naughty girl, you let your knickers down in the Beatles song I Am the Walrus after the BBC had aired the song as part of the bands TV film Magical Mystery Tour. The BBC duly banned the song. The following year, Lennons relationship with Japanese avant-garde artist Yoko Ono, for whom he abandoned his wife and son, was met with strong public disapproval and racial abuse. Lennon received further condemnation from conservatives when he returned his MBE to the Queen in November 1969. He cited his opposition to the British governments support of both US involvement in the Vietnam War and 