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George Harrison devoted to other men's wives

Another night of chaos and excess at Friar Park, George Harrison’s immense Victorian Gothic home in Henley, was seen through a haze of dope, cocaine and alcohol.

As the evening in 1973 drew to a close, Harrison’s friend and houseguest Ronnie Wood took him aside and told him that he intended to sleep with the former Beatle’s wife Pattie Boyd that evening.

Harrison’s response was to point to the room which Wood was sharing with his wife Krissie and say: "And I shall be sleeping there."

There was a moment on the landing when the two men looked at each other, on the threshold of the two bedrooms, and then they both went in.

Wood slept with Pattie, and Harrison slept with the Rolling Stone’s wife - and even took her off to Spain to meet Salvador Dali a few weeks later, which Wood found amusing.

15.1.2000. George Harrison and his wife Olivia, pose while on vacation at an undisclosed location in Ireland. In his first statement, given exclusively to the Associated Press since being stabbed 10 times by anmentally ill intruder, Harrison said, "Olivia and I are overwhelmed by the concern expressed by so many people. We thank everyone for their prayers and kindness." . Harrison who had been quielty battling throat, lung and brain cancer died 29/11/2001. (AP Photo/HO) from her two lovers, left Harrison for Clapton in 1974.

In an interview, given for a forthcoming documentary film about Harrison, his close friend Clapton recalls that Harrison was "very cavalier" about the affair with Pattie, and almost gave him "carte blanche" to have sex with her.

"To be honest," Clapton says, shifting in his chair and looking embarrassed, "there was a lot of swapping and fooling around."

(Pattie’s take is rather less benign. She recalls: "That whole period was insane. Friar Park was a madhouse. We were all as drunk, stoned and single-minded as each other.

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The film will feature previously unreleased footage and photos as well as unreleased recordings that the guitarist saved.

Olivia Harrison, one of the film’s producers, has spent years going through her husband’s tapes, notes and photos to deliver essential elements for the film.

“Marty had a connection with George, and they spent some time together. He is as passionate about film and music as George was passionate about music and film,”

But, driven by a desire to show the so‑called “quiet Beatle” in both “light and shade”, it portrays him as a sensitive, spiritual man with serious weaknesses when it came to women.

The documentary runs for 3 1/2 hours and is in two parts.

The film has just premiered at the Telluride documentary festival in America, and will be shown in its entirety on the BBC on October this year.

Film presented nights of chaos and excess at Friar Park, George Harrison’s immense Victorian Gothic home in Henley, with a haze of dope, cocaine and alcohol.

In a 1973 night, George Harrison’s friend and houseguest Ronnie Wood took him aside and told him that he intended to sleep with the former Beatle’s wife Pattie Boyd that evening.

George Harrison’s response was to point to the room which Ronnie Wood was sharing with his wife Krissie and say: “And I shall be sleeping there.”

There was a moment on the landing when the two men looked at each other, on the threshold of the two bedrooms, and then they both went in.

Ronnie Wood slept with Pattie, and George Harrison slept with the Rolling Stone’s wife – and even took her off to Spain to meet Salvador Dali a few weeks later, which Wood found amusing.

In the same period, George Harrison also slept with Ringo Starr’s wife Maureen, having announced during a dinner party – and in front of Pattie – that he wanted her.

Both Ringo Starr and Pattie Boyd were greatly distressed, and Pattie in particular became annoyed by Maureen’s habit of turning up late at night and spending the evening in meditation with George, or locking herself away in a studio with him.