‘Layla’ muse Pattie Boyd to auction letters Eric Clapton wrote to steal her from George Harrison
nypost.comGeorge Harrison and Eric Clapton. In fact, Clapton tried to woo Boyd with secret love letters while she was married to Harrison — when the two Rock & Roll Hall of Famers were best friends.
And his pen mission was accomplished: Boyd left the late Beatle — who had written the “Abbey Road” classic “Something” about his then-wife — and went on to marry the former Yardbird in 1979.Now Boyd, 79, is planning to auction off Clapton’s love letters — with the blessing of the musician who wrote his ’70s classics “Layla” and “Wonderful Tonight” about her, years before their divorce in 1989.The online Christie’s auction is scheduled to run from March 8 to March 22.In one of the letters, Clapton declares to Boyd: “Take me, I am yours.”In another, he asks: “What I wish to ask you is, if you still love your husband? … But if there is still a feeling in your heart for me . . .
you must let me know.”In yet another letter, addressed to “Dear Layla,” Clapton writes: “Why do you hesitate, am I a poor lover, am I ugly, am I too weak, too strong, do you know why?”“If you want me, take me, I am yours.
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