Flickr/Wikimedia CommonsPattie Boyd with George Harrison in 1966 (left), and Eric Clapton on guitar in 1975 (right). There are women who marry rock stars, and then there’s the woman who married two rock legends. Pattie Boyd was a blonde, doe-eyed girl from South West England. After finding success in modeling, she was cast in the 1964 Beatles film A Hard Day’s Night. She had a single, one-word line. But a more notable result of her casting was meeting George Harrison, whom she went on to marry. Though her relationship with Harrison would not last forever, it did lead to her meeting his good friend Eric Clapton — who would be her next husband. Pattie Boyd’s Fateful Encounter With George Harrison And Their Famous Marriage Wikimedia CommonsPattie Boyd, pictured in 1965. Born in Somerset, England on March 17, 1944, Pattie Boyd eventually moved to London in 1962. She found work as a shampoo girl at a beauty salon, but was soon inspired to pursue modeling after an agent approached her with a new job offer. Her modeling career quickly took off, and before long, she was posing for some of the best fashion photographers in New York and Paris. She eventually worked her way to the front cover of Vogue magazine. In 1964, Boyd received a different type of call from her agent. He told her to report to London’s Paddington Station, because she had been given a small bit role in a film involving the Beatles, amidst the rise of Beatlemania. In A Hard Day’s Night, Boyd played a schoolgirl, whose only line was the word “Prisoners.” Small a role as it may have been, it was enough to get George Harrison to notice her, as she instantly caught his eye. While the two were still on set together, Harrison asked Boyd to go out with him. More specifically, he asked her, “Will you marry me?” Boyd had a boyfriend at the time, so she initially declined his proposal. “Are you completely mad? Dump the boyfriend immediately,” Boyd recalled a friend saying to her. “So I did.” Pattie Boyd and George Harrison soon became an iconic couple. He was the Quiet Beatle, she was the Vogue model. When they actually did get married in 1966, Boyd said, “I was so happy I thought I might burst.” Their marriage was marked by several milestones. The Beatles song “Something,” from the album Abbey Road, was written for Boyd by Harrison. Boyd also claimed that she was the one who introduced Harrison to meditation, leading to the Beatles’ highly publicized trip to India in 1968. Meanwhile, Harrison and the Beatles introduced the formerly innocent Boyd to drugs like LSD, and by 1969, Boyd and Harrison had been arrested for marijuana possession following a police raid. Despite the excitement, Boyd claimed that after returning from India, Harrison’s spirituality made him increasingly isolated. He would spend hours alone chanting and meditating, and before long, the pair’s marriage suffered. How Pattie Boyd Was Drawn To Eric Clapton — And How That Relationship Also Deteriorated Universal Images Group North America LLC/AlamyEric Clapton and Pattie Boyd, pictured together in London in 1974. In the meantime, George Harrison had become good friends with guitarist Eric Clapton, who had been visiting Harrison’s home more frequently. Pattie Boyd could tell early on that Clapton was interested in her. Thus began the ultimate rock ‘n’ roll love triangle. Whenever Boyd felt neglected by Harrison, Clapton showered her with attention and compliments. It wasn’t just light-hearted flirting either, as Clapton soon grew infatuated with Boyd, and he wasn’t shy about sharing his feelings with her. As Boyd recalled, Clapton invited her over to the London apartment that he shared with his Derek and the Dominos bandmates. He wanted to play her a song he was working on. “It was the most incredible song,” she remembered. The song he played was about a man who was completely captivated by a woman, begging her to be his. That song was “Layla,” and it is arguably one of Eric Clapton’s most famous songs to date. As it turned out, there was a party planned for that exact same evening. Pattie Boyd, George Harrison, and Eric Clapton were all in attendance. At one point during the gathering, Clapton nonchalantly went up to Harrison and said, “I have to tell you something. I’m in love with your wife.” Harrison was reportedly furious after hearing this, telling Boyd in a bout of anger to just go off with Clapton. She didn’t. Instead, she stayed with Harrison for another three years. What ultimately made Boyd leave him was the discovery of an affair that Harrison was having. In true rock ‘n’ roll fashion, it was with Maureen Starkey, the wife of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr. Pattie Boyd and Eric Clapton later moved in together and eventually married in 1979. At first glance, it seemed like both had gotten their happy ending. But Boyd and Clapton’s relationship was also riddled with turmoil. Not only were there alleged affairs on both sides, but Clapton’s alcoholism also complicated matters. Eventually, Boyd found out that Clapton had a baby by another woman, resulting in a separation in 1987 and a divorce in 1989. As dramatic as the situation seemed, Clapton’s friendship with Harrison somehow survived. Harrison even once said this of Boyd and Clapton’s relationship: “I’d rather she be with him than some dope.” Wikimedia CommonsA more recent photo of Pattie Boyd, taken in 2018 in Liverpool. When Harrison died in 2001 after a battle with cancer, Clapton was the musical director for the “Concert for George” tribute show. And shortly before Harrison perished, he made sure to visit Boyd so he could say goodbye. As Boyd remembered: “He came with some little gifts and we played music and had some tea. It was lovely to see him, but I knew he wasn’t well. I sensed that he wanted to see me rather than leave it too late.” Boyd went on to marry a third time in 2015. It was her first marriage to a non-musician — Rod Weston, a former property developer. In more recent years, she has also made a name for herself as a photographer, even publishing books like Pattie Boyd: My Life in Pictures. Rediscovering photos she’d taken in the past (including some of fellow celebrities) inspired her to share them with the wider world. And though she had first risen to fame as a subject of photography, she was clearly just as happy behind the camera as she was in front of it. After reading about Pattie Boyd, go inside the surprising stories behind nine of your favorite Beatles songs. 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