![]() ![]() ![]() Whether she’s modeling or posing candidly in her pajamas, Boyd perennially embodies that 60s spirit. Archival magazine covers, photo shoots, and letters punctuate the life. There’s a postcard from John Lennon, who wrote, “Darling, I miss you,” and a shot of Boyd arm in arm with rival rock royalty-the Rolling Stones. Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison at Eric Claptons wedding, March 27, 1979Eric Clapton married Pattie Boyd at Temple Beth El in Tucson. Boyd remembers trips to India and Tunisia, describes her houses, and details her switch from modeling to photography. ![]() ![]() The book Pattie Boyd: My Life in Pictures, out now, takes us through that first marriage, and then on to her second, to Eric Clapton, and her third, to real-estate developer Rod Weston. “I was just living and having fun with my group of friends, which happened to be the Beatles.” Despite becoming a “Beatle bride,” Boyd remained vehemently independent, scoring still more Vogue covers and movie contracts. British-born model and photographer Pattie Boyd was the face of wide-eyed loveliness and young fashion during the swinging 60s and 70s, with iconic shoots by David Bailey, Terence Donovan and Brian Duffy featuring in magazines and newspapers such as Vogue, Elle and The Times. The former British model, who was married to George Harrison and Eric Clapton, talks about her new photo book Pattie Boyd: My Life in Pictures. She ended up marrying Harrison, on January 21, 1966, a date she marked in her diary with big bold cursive-“ getting married”-surrounded by dozens of little hearts. ![]()
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