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The Wives (and Ladies) That Late They Laved

If cool English girls like supermodel Jean Shrimpton or the gloriously tousled Julie Christie in Darling created the image of the swinging model girl of the Sixties, Pattie Boyd Harrison certainly lived the role, topping off her career by landing a Beatle, no less — even if it was the quiet one.

April 1, 1976
Susan Whitall

If cool English girls like supermodel Jean Shrimpton or the gloriously tousled Julie Christie in Darling created the image of the swinging model girl of the Sixties, Pattie Boyd Harrison certainly lived the role, topping off her career by landing a Beatle, no less — even if it was the quiet one. Not for George the pregnant childhood sweethearts that John Lennon and Ringo led to the altar. He wanted something flash to symbolize his new success, and a beautiful model clinging to his arm was better than a shiny new Ferrari. To their credit, the Harrisons did establish the most egalitarian marriage among the Fab Four until John and Yoko — but that's another story...

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