Patricia Ann Boyd

Patricia Ann Boyd, known as Pattie, was born on March 17th 1944 in Taunton, Somerset to Colin Ian Langdon Boyd (known as Jock) and Diana Frances Drysdale. She was the eldest child and was the sister of Colin (1946), Helen Mary (*Jenny Boyd, 1947) and Paula Boyd (1951) and half-sister of David and Robert. She never really knew her father (her parents divorced in 1952). She worked at Elizabeth Arden before a client for a fashion magazine asked her if she had thought of modeling as a career. She then modelled in London, Paris and New York for Mary Quant, Ossie Clark, etc. She also appeared on Vogue with Twiggy and had some modelling gigs with her sister, Jenny. She was offered the role of a schoolgirl in A Hard Day's Night in 1964, a role where she says one word : ''Prisoners''. She met George there but was going out with another guy, Eric Swayne. George first asked her to marry him and then invited her on a date but she declined. She told the story to one of her friend who said to her : Are you completely mad ? George Harrison asked you on a date and you said no ? (Pattie was not so familiar with the Beatles). She ended things with Eric (she wasn't really in love with him, she stayed with him because he gave her modelling gigs...) and went on a date with George and...Brian Epstein. She started to live with George at Kinfauns in 1965. They married on January 21st 1966. They got divorced on June 9th 1977 because the religious beliefs of George were becoming too strong for her and there were also infidelities on both sides (but mostly on George's), as in every Beatle marriage (well, at least the first ones). She later married Eric Clapton, who famously wrote Layla for her while she was still married to George. This marriage was also a failure, according to Pattie it was hell : he was always drinking heavily, had a child with another woman during their marriage, etc.