Born as Patricia Anne Boyd on the 17th March 1944 in Taunton, Somerset, England United Kingdom, and is a model, photographer and author, however she is best known to the world as the wife of rock legends, George Harrison and Eric Clapton.
Have you ever wondered how rich Pattie Boyd is, as of mid- 2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Pattie Boyd`s net worth is as high as $20 million, an amount eanred through her various careers. She has released an autobiography, entitled “Wonderful Tonight” in 2007, which sales also increased her net worth.
Pattie Boyd Net Worth $20 Million
Pattie is the oldest of four children born to Colin Ian Langdon Boyd and Diana Frances Boyd. Her family often moved, which resulted in her switching several schools, and also, her parents divorced in 1952. Her mother remarried in 1953, and divorced again, and married Mick Fleetwood, drummer of the rock band Fleetwood Mac.
In 1962, after she received three GCE O level passes, Pattie moved to London, and found her first engagement at the hair salon of Elizabeth Arden as a shampoo girl.
Luckily for Pattie that didn`t last long, as she was influenced by one of her clients to start pursuing a career as a model.
She made her debut appearance in 1962, when she was firstly photographed by David Bailey, and later by Terence Donovan. Also she appeared on the cover of Vogue, which only increased her net worth. To speak further of her accomplishments, she featured on the covers of Italian and UK versions of Vogue in 1969, and she did several commercials, promoting Smith`s crisps. She also launched an acting career, earning several brief roles, but the one was life changing. She was selected to appear in the film “A Hard Day`s Night” (1964), and on set she met George Harrison; two years later the couple was married.
Her personal life is far more interesting than her career, but she certainly found a way to take advantage of her marriages, starting a photographic exhibition of Clapton and Harrison in 2005, entitled “Through the Eye of a Muse”, and since then has held exhibitions across the Europe, Australia, Canada and USA as well, which certainly increased her net worth.
Her marriage to Harrison lasted until 1977, however, they were separated for three years before divorce was official. During her marriage to George, she was exposed to numerous drugs, including LSD and cocaine, however she managed to break away from the substance abuse, and stated reason for their divorce, Gorge`s excessive use of drugs.
While Clapton and Harrison became partners in the late 1960s, collaborating on music, Eric was slowly by certainly falling in love with Pattie, and acknowledged the love for her in the song “Layla”. As her marriage to George began to fall apart, she and Clapton became ever closer, and the couple married two years after she divorced George. However, Boyd wasn`t becoming happier as she started drinking, and Eric was also already had problems with alcohol. They divorced in 1984.
Most recently Boyd married to property developer Rod Weston in 2015, but before they married, the couple was in relationship for around 25 years.
