Editing George Harrison (section)

===Family and interests===
[[File:Kinfauns George Harrison house.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Kinfauns, a white house | Harrison and [[Pattie Boyd]] lived in [[Kinfauns]] in Surrey from 1964 to 1970.]]
[[File:George Harrison and Pattie Boyd after wedding.jpg|thumb|150px|Harrison and Boyd leaving the registry office after their wedding]]
Harrison married model [[Pattie Boyd]] on 21 January 1966, with McCartney serving as [[Groomsman#Best man|best man]].{{sfn|Miles|2007|p=210}} Harrison and Boyd had met on set in 1964 during the production of the film ''A Hard Day's Night'', in which the 19-year-old Boyd had been cast as a schoolgirl. During a lunch break, George 'playfully' proposed to her.{{sfn|Boyd|2007|p=60}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=CBS The Musical |url=https://www.youtube.com/user/CBSNewYork |access-date=5 August 2022 |via=YouTube |archive-date=4 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804183657/https://www.youtube.com/user/CBSNewYork |url-status=live }}</ref> They separated in 1974 and their divorce was finalised in 1977.<ref>{{harvnb|Badman|2001|p=210}}: Divorce date; {{harvnb|Doggett|2009|p=209}}: separated in 1974.</ref> Boyd said her decision to end the marriage was due largely to George's repeated infidelities. The last infidelity culminated in an affair with Ringo's wife [[Maureen Starkey Tigrett|Maureen]], which Boyd called "the final straw".{{sfn|Boyd|2007|pp=179–180}} She characterised the last year of their marriage as "fuelled by alcohol and cocaine", and she stated: "George used coke excessively, and I think it changed him&nbsp;... it froze his emotions and hardened his heart."{{sfn|Boyd|2007|p=181}} She subsequently moved in with [[Eric Clapton]], and they married in 1979.{{sfn|Doggett|2009|p=261}}{{refn|group=nb|Harrison had formed a close friendship with Clapton in the late 1960s; he wrote one of his compositions for the ''Abbey Road'' album, "[[Here Comes the Sun]]", in Clapton's back garden, and he played guitar on [[Cream (band)|Cream]]'s song "[[Badge (song)|Badge]]", which he co-wrote with Clapton.<ref>{{harvnb|Harry|2003|p=227}}; {{harvnb|Leng|2006|p=53}}.</ref>}}

On 2 September 1978, Harrison married [[Olivia Harrison|Olivia Trinidad Arias]], who was a marketing executive for A&M Records, and later Dark Horse Records.{{sfn|Huntley|2006|p=120}} As Dark Horse was a subsidiary of A&M,{{sfn|Rodriguez|2010|p=424}} the couple had first met over the phone working on record company business,{{sfn|Greene|2006|pp=220–21}} and then in person at the [[A&M Records]] offices in Los Angeles in 1974.<ref name="Olivia/DHYears">{{cite AV media notes|first=Olivia|last=Harrison|chapter=The History of Dark Horse 1976–1992|others=George Harrison|title=[[The Dark Horse Years 1976–1992]]|type=DVD booklet|publisher=Dark Horse Records/EMI|year=2004|pp=4, 7}}</ref> Together they had one son, [[Dhani Harrison]], born on 1 August 1978.<ref>{{harvnb|Harry|2003|pp=217–218, 223–224}}; {{harvnb|Inglis|2010|pp=50, 82}}.</ref>

Harrison restored the English manor house and grounds of Friar Park, his home in [[Henley-on-Thames]], where several of his music videos, including "[[Crackerbox Palace]]", were filmed; the grounds also served as the background for the cover of ''All Things Must Pass''.{{sfn|Greene|2006|pp=226–227}}{{refn|group=nb|The house had once belonged to the Victorian eccentric Sir [[Frank Crisp]]. Purchased in 1970, it is the basis for the song "[[Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)]]".{{sfn|Leng|2006|p=94}} Harrison also owned homes on [[Hamilton Island (Queensland)|Hamilton Island]], Australia,{{sfn|Tillery|2011|p=128}} and in [[Nahiku, Hawaii]].{{sfn|Huntley|2006|p=283}}}} He employed ten workers to maintain the {{convert|36|acre|ha|adj=on}} garden.{{sfn|Davies|2009|p=360}} Harrison commented on gardening as a form of [[escapism]]: "Sometimes I feel like I'm actually on the wrong planet, and it's great when I'm in my garden, but the minute I go out the gate I think: 'What the hell am I doing here?{{'"}}{{sfn|Harrison|2011|p=357}} His autobiography, ''[[I, Me, Mine (book)|I, Me, Mine]]'', is dedicated "to gardeners everywhere".<ref>{{harvnb|Huntley|2006|p=170}}; {{harvnb|Tillery|2011|p=121}}.</ref> The former Beatles publicist [[Derek Taylor]] helped Harrison write the book, which said little about the Beatles, focusing instead on Harrison's hobbies, music and lyrics.<ref>{{harvnb|Doggett|2009|pp=265–266}}: ''I, Me, Mine'' said little about the Beatles; {{harvnb|Huntley|2006|p=170}}: Derek Taylor helped Harrison write the book; {{harvnb|Tillery|2011|p=121}}: ''I, Me, Mine'' included the lyrics, with comments by Harrison.</ref> Taylor commented: "George is not disowning the Beatles&nbsp;... but it was a long time ago and actually a short part of his life."{{sfn|Doggett|2009|p=266}}

Harrison had an interest in [[sports car]]s and [[Motorsport|motor racing]]; he was one of the 100 people who purchased the [[McLaren F1]] road car.{{sfn|Buckley|2004|p=127}} He had collected photos of racing drivers and their cars since he was young; at 12, he had attended his first race, the [[1955 British Grand Prix]] at [[Aintree Racecourse#Motor racing|Aintree]].{{sfn|Buckley|2004|p=127}}<ref>
{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/17/newsid_2981000/2981372.stm|title=BBC On This Day 1955: Moss claims first Grand Prix victory|work=BBC News|access-date=23 December 2008|date=17 July 1955|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307132622/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/17/newsid_2981000/2981372.stm|archive-date=7 March 2008}}</ref> He wrote "[[Faster (George Harrison song)|Faster]]" as a tribute to the [[Formula One]] racing drivers [[Jackie Stewart]] and [[Ronnie Peterson]]. Proceeds from its release went to the [[Gunnar Nilsson]] cancer charity, set up after the Swedish driver's death from the disease in 1978.{{sfn|Huntley|2006|p=167}} Harrison's first extravagant car, a 1964 [[Aston Martin DB5]], was sold at auction on 7 December 2011 in London. An anonymous Beatles collector paid £350,000 for the vehicle that Harrison had bought new in January 1965.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/classiccars/8951335/Ex-Beatles-Aston-Martin-sells-at-auction.html|title=Ex-Beatles Aston Martin sells at auction|work=The Telegraph|last=Knapman|first=Chris|date=12 December 2011|access-date=29 December 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103014217/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/classiccars/8951335/Ex-Beatles-Aston-Martin-sells-at-auction.html|archive-date=3 January 2013}}; {{cite web|url=http://www.chron.com/business/press-releases/article/Mystery-Texas-Collector-to-Give-Beatle-George-3360510.php|title=Mystery Texas Collector to Give Beatle George Harrison's Aston Martin DB5 its U.S. Debut at The Concours d'Elegance of Texas|work=Houston Chronicle|access-date=29 December 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111233012/http://www.chron.com/business/press-releases/article/Mystery-Texas-Collector-to-Give-Beatle-George-3360510.php|archive-date=11 January 2013}}</ref>