George Harrison was 'full of anger' over being 'pushed to the background' of the Beatles.
As he opted to leave the band in 1969, the lead guitarist was not on good terms with the rest of the Fab Four. Accounts from the time show animosity between the band members, namely Paul McCartney, who Harrison described as 'difficult'.
As the Beatles entered their final years, relationships between the once close friends grew more and more strained. Nothing reflects this better than the production of the final album, Let It Be, which was plagued with arguments and public fall outs.
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Harrison's ex-wife, Patty Boyd, revealed his particular anger towards Paul McCartney. She said: "They would tolerate each other, but I think George basically didn't like Paul's personality. I just think they didn't really love each other.
"The Beatles made him unhappy, with the constant arguments. They were vicious to each other, that was really upsetting."
Boyd, who divorced Harrison in 1977, said that George felt he was being side-lined by the rest of the band. She added: "Like a little brother. he was pushed into the background. He would come home from recording and be full of anger. It was a very bad state he was in."
The tensions ultimately culminated in George Harrison walking away from the band while working on the "Get Back" sessions, he sarcastically said: “See you around the clubs,” before walking out.
The seeds of the Beatles split were already planted, however and came about a result of a wide co=mbination of issues including band members' feelings towards Paul, Beatlemania, the death of manager Brian Epstein and John Lennon's drug use. The band's final live performance together was in January 1969 when they played an unannounced set on the rooftop of the Apple Corps HQ in London but it wasn't until April 1970 that Paul made the announcement that The Beatles had indeed split up for good.
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