Priscilla Presley’s marriage to the late Elvis Presley has made headlines all through the years — particularly with regards to their vital age hole.
Priscilla met Elvis in Germany when he was on a tour of obligation for the US Military. The 2 immediately had a connection, however Priscilla’s household wasn’t eager on her courting the musician since she was solely 14 on the time.
“My dad and mom had been actually beside themselves,” she instructed The Hollywood Reporter in August 2023. “I principally threatened them and instructed them, ‘In the event you don’t let me go [marry him], I’ll discover my means.’”
After eight years of courting, the duo tied the knot in Could 1967 in Las Vegas and welcomed daughter Lisa Marie lower than one yr later.
The pair had been married for six years earlier than they divorced in 1973. Regardless of their cut up, they managed to stay buddies and amicable coparents up till Elvis’ demise in August 1977.
“It was so devastating that I simply went to my room and tried to ponder how this occurred, and what occurred, and simply stayed there till they despatched a aircraft for me,” Priscilla defined to Leisure Tonight in August 2017.
Hold scrolling to see every part Priscilla has stated about her marriage to Elvis:
The Influence He Had On Her Life
“It’s a must to keep in mind, he was such an influence in my life in each means,” Priscilla instructed ET in August 2017. “He was my mentor, he was my confidant. I wrote this in my e book [Elvis and Me]. He was every part. In my e book I wrote, ‘My God,’ as a result of I lived and breathed him.”
The Cause For the Divorce
“I simply type of adopted what he did. You lived his life,” Priscilla defined throughout an look on the U.Ok.’s Free Girl discuss present in November 2019. “You noticed the flicks he wished to see, you listened to the music he listened to, you’d go to locations he would go. So you actually type of misplaced your self. … I didn’t divorce him as a result of I didn’t love him — he was the love of my life, really. If something, I left as a result of I wanted to seek out out what the world was like.”
How Priscilla Cared for Him
“I used to be at all times able to greet him on the door and pamper him,” Priscilla shared with Folks in September 2021. “I cherished taking good care of Elvis very a lot. I cherished tending to him. I cherished feeding him.”
The Challenges They Confronted
“The start [of the marriage] was very tough, however I knew what I used to be in for as a result of I noticed it at a really younger age,” Priscilla instructed the Each day Mail in March 2022. “That’s after I began not studying papers anymore or [magazines] within the grocery shops.”
The Connection They Shared
On the Venice Movie Pageant press convention in September 2023, Priscilla shared extra particulars about her and Elvis’ age hole. “Folks suppose, ‘Oh, it was intercourse.’ No, it wasn’t,” she defined. “I by no means had intercourse with him. He was very type, very delicate, very loving, however he additionally revered the actual fact I used to be solely 14 years outdated. We had been extra in line in thought, and that was our relationship.”
She continued: “It was very tough for my dad and mom to grasp that Elvis could be so considering me and why. And I actually do suppose as a result of I used to be extra of a listener. … That was actually our connection.”
