The relationship went through a tempestuous phase over the next year. Already romantically obsessed with Pattie Harrison, Clapton also had an involvement with Pattie's sister Paula Boyd through into 1970. This provoked a break with Ormsby-Gore, though there was a reconciliation in March 1970 when she travelled to New York to see him. They were photographed arriving back on 8 March, to more speculative questions about marriage, again denied by both.Daily Telegraph 6 March 1970; Time 16 March 1970; In the same month Pattie Harrison received a love letter from Clapton which led to a flirtation.Pattie Boyd Wonderful Today, 2007 In his autobiography Clapton mentions another argument with Ormsby-Gore after which she left Hurtwood Edge. As stated above she was in Israel from April/May until that November.
