Trivia

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.

Eric Clapton's song, "Layla" (by Derek & The Dominos), was written about Pattie Boyd. George Harrison, who was also once married to Boyd, wrote several songs about her as well ("Something", etc.).

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.

Boyd's only word of dialog in her film debut - A Hard Day's Night (1964) - was an incredulous "Prisoners?".

(April 30, 2015) Married for the 3rd time her boyfriend of almost 25 years Rod Weston at the Chelsea Registry Office at Chelsea Old Town Hall in London.

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.

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.

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.

Pattie had her first photo exhibition in San Francisco, showing her personal collection of photos featuring George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and many other her famous friends. (February 2005)

Met Eric Clapton at a party given by The Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, after Cream performed at the Savile Theatre in 1966.

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

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 folk-rocker Donovan (who wrote "Jennifer Juniper" during his pursuit of her), and later married drummer Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac fame.

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

Is a photographer. (2001)

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.