Historical Feuds: Clapton vs. Harrison

Ever listen to those wonderful love songs and wish that they were written for you? Ever imagined what sort of magnetism a woman would possess to inspire songs out of Eric Clapton or George Harrison? Or dare I say both? Yes, Pattie Boyd was something to George Harrsion while she was Eric Clapton's Layla. She formed the central vertex of the most extraordinary love triangle in rock history.
In the late 1960s, Clapton and Harrison became close friends, and began writing and recording music together. But when Pattie Boyd came to Clapton to “talk” about her struggling marriage to Harrison, events took a rather predictable turn. Clapton fell in love with Boyd and went on to pursue her even though his advances were initially rebuked. He famously recorded the song “Layla” about the torment he felt in the early days of his relationship with Pattie, referring to how his love had been unrequited and discouraged at first.
In 1979, after the initial conquest and the pointless sneaking, Clapton married Pattie, ending her 11 year old marriage with Harrison. Harrison reportedly gave Clapton his blessing after he found out about the affair, and even played music at their wedding, effectively defusing the scandal. Harrison soon got even by sneaking off with Clapton's ex-wife, Lory Del Santo in Japan where he and Clapton were playing on tour together.
Clapton had later admitted in his biography that he had coveted Pattie because she belonged to a powerful man who seemed to have everything Clapton had wanted for himself: amazing cars, an incredible career and a beautiful wife. Being as close as they were, Clapton felt a kind of sibling rivalry that may have clouded his judgement and, not to mention, his morals.
The two Brits face off, hell finally froze over and the biggest feud in rock history unravelled: Eric Clapton vs. George Harrsion. The winner here would be the deceased George Harrison. “You want her? Here, take her. I'll sing for you as you do.” Also, Lory Del Santo had reportedly described her short time with Harrison as something sweet and wonderful while Boyd vehemently speaks of the hardships of her marriage with Clapton.
So the late Beatle is deemed as a true and generous (dead) knight in shining armour while Clapton takes the cake at being a jealous, back stabbing womaniser.