Pattie Boyd Net Worth in 2024 How Rich is She Now?

Pattie Boyd Net Worth 2024 – Famous English model and photographer “Pattie Boyd” has a net worth of $20 million and was born on March 17, 1944.

Pattie Boyd Net Worth

According to online sources, Pattie Boyd (English model and photographer) currently has an estimated net worth of $20 million. Pattie Boyd’s net worth is largely the result of her success as an English model and photographer.

Who is Pattie Boyd?

Patricia Anne Boyd, born 17 March 1944, is an English model and photographer who played a significant role in shaping the fashion scene during the 1960s. Along with Jean Shrimpton, she became one of the leading international models and embodied the quintessential British female look of the era.

Boyd’s life became intertwined with musical legends when she married George Harrison in 1966 at the height of the Beatles’ popularity, sharing their exploration of Indian spirituality. Her marriage to Harrison inspired several of his notable songs, including “I Need You,” “If I Needed Someone,” “Something” and “For You Blue.”

However, the couple divorced in 1977. After that, Patricia Boyd entered another chapter in her life by marrying Harrison’s friend, Eric Clapton, in 1979. Boyd continued to be a muse for musicians, influencing Clapton’s songs such as “Layla,” “Bell Bottom Blues” and “Wonderful Tonight.” Her marriage to Clapton ended in divorce in 1989.

The Early Life of Pattie Boyd

• Patricia Anne Boyd was born on 17 March 1944 in Taunton, Somerset, the first child of Colin (“Jock”) Ian Langdon Boyd and Diana Frances Boyd (née Drysdale).
• The Boyd family moved to West Lothian, Scotland, where Patricia’s brother Colin was born in 1946, and then to Guildford, Surrey, where her sister Jenny was born in 1947.
• After Jock’s discharge from the Royal Air Force, the family lived in Nairobi from 1948 to 1953, where Patricia’s youngest sister Paula was born in 1951.
• Patricia started attending Nakuru School near Nairobi at the age of eight. During the semester, she found out about her parents’ divorce.
• In December 1953, Patricia and her siblings moved to England with her mother Diana and her new husband Bobbie Gaymer-Jones.
• By her mother’s second marriage, Patricia had two half-brothers, David (b. 1954) and Robert (“Boo”; b. 1955).
• Later in life, Patricia revealed that she had two half-sisters through her father Jock’s second marriage: Clara (1962–2018) and Julia (b. 1964).
• Patricia attended Hazeldean School in Putney, then St Agnes and St Michael’s boarding school in East Grinstead and St Martha’s Convent in Hadley Wood, Hertfordshire.
• In 1961 she achieved three GCE O Levels and moved to London at the age of seventeen.
• Patricia began her career as a trainee beautician at Elizabeth Arden’s Bond Street salon, inspired by a client who worked for Honey magazine.
• Eventually, she joined a modeling agency, starting her career as a fashion model.

Career of Pattie Boyd

Model career:

• Patricia Anne Boyd began her fashion career in 1962, initially as a model in London and Paris.
• She has worked for prestigious publications such as British Vogue, Vanity Fair, Elle France and Honey, and has appeared in fashion news in newspapers such as The Daily Telegraph and The Times.
• Famous photographers such as David Bailey, Terence Donovan and Brian Duffy captured her image, and she also graced the cover of British Vogue.
• Boyd, along with Jean Shrimpton, became an “international celebrity” and epitomized the British female ‘look’ of the 1960s, characterized by miniskirts, long straight hair and wide-eyed loveliness.
• She was considered the muse of designer Ossie Clark, who called some of his designs “Pattie”.
• Patricia Boyd’s demand as a model increased significantly due to her romantic relationship with George Harrison, lead guitarist of the Beatles, whom she met while filming A Hard Day’s Night in 1964.
• The pair became one of the leading couples of the Swinging London era, and Boyda’s glamorous image and style made her a fashion icon.
• She wrote a column titled “Patta’s Letter from London” for the American teen magazine 16, reporting on fashion trends, the Beatles and giving beauty advice.
• In 1968, Boyd and her sister Jenny opened a boutique called “Jennifer Juniper” in London’s Chelsea Market.

Photography career:

• Boyd began photographing musicians and friends during the 1960s and was a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society.
• She exhibited her photographs of George Harrison and Eric Clapton in an exhibition called “Through the Muse” in 2005, in San Francisco, London, La Jolla, Dublin, Toronto, Sydney and Almaty.
• Another exhibit, “Yesterday and Today: The Beatles and Eric Clapton,” was shown on Santa Catalina Island and at the National Geographic headquarters in 2011.

Charity work:

• Patricia Boyd became involved in charity work after her split from Eric Clapton in the late 1980s.
• In 1991, she co-founded SHARP (Self Help Addiction Recovery Program) with Barbara Bach, the second wife of ex-Beatle Ringo Starr.

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