Another Girl: Pattie Boyd

Patricia Anne Boyd was born on March 17, 1944 to Colin and Diana Boyd in Somerset, England. Pattie is the oldest of younger brother Colin, Jr. and two sisters, Jenny and Paula. Her father Colin was a RAF pilot during World War II until he was in a plane collision accident in 1942; Colin managed to escape and survive but was badly burned and could no longer pilot. He worked in the war office until relocating to Kenya with his family where Colin worked at a Jockey Club. By 1951, Colin and Diana were divorced and returned to England; both remarried- Colin to Angela Rutter and had two daughters, Clare and Julia; Diana remarried to Bobby Gaymer-Jones and had two sons, Robert and David, before eventually divorcing. Pattie attended boarding school and afterwards, she started as an apprentice as a hairdresser and beautician at Elizabeth Arden in 1962. A client from Cherry Marshall agency of modeling took interest in Pattie and invited her over to become a model. Pattie started dating Eric Swayne, a photographer. 

In March of 1964, Pattie and other models were cast as schoolgirls for the movie A Hard Day's Night starring The Beatles. George Harrison was instantly attracted to Pattie, even wrote 7 kisses under his autograph for her while her sisters received two (Pattie also got Paul and Ringo's autographs; not John as Pattie was afraid of him). George asked her out but Pattie said no, she had a boyfriend. But that same week, Eric and Pattie broke up and she accepted George's second offer for a date. In 1965, Pattie moved in with George when he moved to Surrey and on January 21, 1966, George and Pattie got married. Pattie continued to model although she cut back a bit to settle down with George. In 1967, Pattie got interested in Transcendental Meditation by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and attended lectures; George joined in her interest (while embracing India's culture after visiting the country in 1966) as did Paul, Ringo, Cynthia, John, Maureen, and Jane. In the beginning of 1968, they went to India for a few months to be educated and meditate but by April the music business needed The Beatles' attention and their perspective on the Maharishi changed drastically. George and Pattie's marriage started to crumble as George suffered the stress of the business with The Beatles after the death of their manager Brian Epstein and dived deeper into meditation and infidelity while Pattie was feeling neglected and having trouble getting pregnant. Eric Clapton was expressing his love towards Pattie, who was refusing to leave George for him. In 1974, the marriage was over and Pattie moved out of Friar Park (bought in 1970) to be with Eric; the divorce was final in 1977 and George and Pattie remained friends until his death in 2001. 

Pattie married Eric in 1979. By then, Pattie ended her modeling career and, with Eric, started to drink alcohol heavily. It wasn't long for the marriage to struggle as Eric toured and recorded frequently and had his own infidelity- fathering two illegitimate children while Pattie couldn't conceived and was trying IVF (In Vitro Fertilization). By 1989, the marriage was over. It wasn't long until Pattie met and fell in love with real estate developer Rod Weston. Pattie tried to resurrect her modeling career but not much success, so she founded her short lived modeling agency, Deja Vu, for older models in 1990 and dabbled as a fashion designer (only had one fashion show) but fell in love with photography, becoming a photographer. In 2005, Pattie started exhibiting her photography around the world; in 2007, she released her autobiography. Rod and Pattie broke up for a few years before reuniting. They got married on April 30, 2015 with their dog Freddie.