Pattie Boyd to sell letters from love triangle with Eric Clapton and George Harrison

Model and muse who married both men says she has blessing of guitar hero Clapton as she puts memorabilia from the era up for auction

Pattie Boyd is to auction the letters from her love triangle with Eric Clapton and George Harrison, saying that she still finds them heartbreaking to read.

Boyd, the 1960s model and muse who inspired Clapton to write Layla and Wonderful Tonight, and Harrison to write the Beatles ballad Something, says she has Clapton’s blessing for the auction of the letters and other memorabilia of the era.

She was married to Harrison but pursued by Clapton, his close friend, who poured out his feelings for her in a series of passionate letters.

Eventually, she left Harrison and went on to marry Clapton, although his alcoholism and infidelity put paid to the relationship several years later.

Source: Anita Singh, Arts and Entertainment Editor/telegraph.co.uk

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