The couple were engaged on 25 December 1965 , and married on 21 January 1966 in a ceremony at Epsom register office . In his " How a Beatle Lives " profile in the '' Evening Standard '' in March 1966 , Harrison stressed the equality of their relationship and credited Boyd with broadening his outlook . In September and October , after the Beatles ' final concert tour , Boyd and Harrison spent six weeks in India , as guests of Indian classical musician Ravi Shankar . While in Bombay , as Harrison continued his sitar studies under Shankar 's tutelage , Boyd began learning to play the dilruba , a bow-played string instrument . Due to the attention of fans and the press , they left the city with Shankar and stayed on houseboats on Dal Lake in Kashmir . Upon their return to England , Boyd and Harrison continued to adhere to a lifestyle of yoga and vegetarianism , and Boyd received further tuition on the dilruba from Shiv Dayal Batish
final concert tour
The Beatles' 1966 US tour
Pattie Boyd