Pattie Boyd Trivia

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Would-be suitor Eric Clapton confronted Pattie`s then-husband George Harrison at a 1973 party, telling him "I`m in love with your wife. What are you going to do about it?" Harrison did little but suggest Clapton "go ahead and take her" (they`d been drifting apart for some time), and the incident became Pattie`s cue to leave him for Clapton. (imdb.com)

One of the problems in her marriage to George Harrison was their inability to conceive a child, as the other Beatles married and started families. George told their friends that he was infertile, but years later, after the birth of his son Dhani (with second wife Olivia Harrison) in 1978, everyone knew better. (imdb.com)

Was the one who originally drew the Beatles to the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, when she joined his Spiritual Regeneration Movement and began sharing their books and pamphlets with husband George. George in turn shared them with the band. (imdb.com)

Her younger siblings are Colin Ian Langdon Boyd, Jr. (b. about 1946), Helen Mary "Jenny" Boyd (b. about 1948), Paula Boyd (b. about 1951), David J. B. Gaymer-Jones (b. about 1954), and Robert Gaymer-Jones (b. about 1956). Jenny Boyd (married a member of Fleetwood Mac, Mick Fleetwood). (imdb.com)

At age three, Pattie nicknamed her newborn sister Helen Mary Boyd "Jenny", after one of her dolls. Jenny Boyd became a model in her own right, accompanied The Beatles to India to study meditation, inspired [pop singer Donovan (who wrote "Jennifer Juniper" during his fruitless pursuit of her), and married drummer Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac fame. (imdb.com)

From about 1947 to 1954, the Boyd family moved to Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, because her father, a WWII RAF pilot, was assigned to run a horse breeding farm there. About 1954, her parents divorced and her mother took the children back to England. (imdb.com)

Pattie got into modeling after working as a hairstylist. Her client asked her if she was interested in modeling. The client happened to be a modeling agent and her first test shots were taken the very next day. (imdb.com)

Met George Harrison on the set of A Hard Day`s Night (1964). George tried to ask her out, but she refused; she had a boyfriend at the time. But he persisted, she eventually gave in, and they started dating. (imdb.com)

Met Eric Clapton at a party given by Beatles` manager Brian Epstein after Cream performed at the Savile Theatre in 1966. (imdb.com)

Is a photographer. [2001] (imdb.com)

The eldest of six children born to Colin Ian Langdon "Jock" Boyd and Diana Frances Drysdale. (imdb.com)

Eric Clapton`s song, "Layla" (by Derek and and the Dominoes), is written about Pattie Boyd. George Harrison, who was also once married to Boyd, wrote several songs about her as well ("Something", etc.). (imdb.com)

Spouse: Eric Clapton (27 March 1979 - June 1988) (divorced); George Harrison (21 January 1966 - 9 June 1977) (divorced) (imdb.com)

(2007) Release of her book, "Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton and Me" by Patti with Penny Junor. (imdb.com)