Elvis Presley’s marriage to Priscilla Presley was affected by rumours

May 03, 2023 at 10:46 AM

Elvis Presley first met Priscilla Beaulieu in 1959 when she was simply 14-years-old whereas he was stationed in Friedberg, Germany.

Just just a few years later, after he had completed his stint within the US Army, he introduced Priscilla over to the USA to stay with him in Graceland.

Their relationship continued to blossom, and by Christmas of 1966, they had been engaged. They obtained married on May 1, 1967, and started their married life as Elvis and Priscilla Presley. But that is when issues started to get sophisticated.

Last yr, Priscilla appeared again on these first tumultuous months of being married to the King of Rock and Roll, noting how she was the recent subject for all of the newspapers on the time.

“The beginning [of the marriage] was very difficult,” Priscilla confessed, earlier than including that her younger age was a key a part of the curiosity in her.

Priscilla was simply 21-years-old when she obtained married to Elvis, who was a decade older than her.

Their age distinction had been a scorching subject for years within the press, and after they lastly obtained married after six years of being collectively, issues solely obtained worse.

But, Priscilla confessed, she “knew what she was in for”. (through Irish Times)

Despite this, she struggled to take care of the microscope frequently being pointed at her.

Priscilla recalled: “The gossip was the hardest part. That’s when I started not reading papers any more or [magazines] in the grocery stores.”

Soon sufficient, rumours started to flow into within the papers and magazines that Elvis had solely married Priscilla as a result of he had no different selection.

“I found out how vicious people could be,” she remembered. “There were rumours I was pregnant, and that’s why he got married and I’m going: ‘Oh my God, this is not gonna be good for me.’”

Although the rumours weren’t true – Elvis didn’t marry Priscilla as a result of she was already pregnant – the younger girl did give delivery to their solely youngster, Lisa Marie Presley, precisely 9 months in a while February 1, 1968.

Despite the very fact she and Elvis had been caught within the crosshairs, the King all the time supported his spouse, and tried to maintain her targeted on their life.

Priscilla mentioned: “It was hard to get accepted. But he always told me: ‘Don’t pay attention … don’t even listen and don’t look at the tabloids. You know what the truth is so just be cautious, but be aware.'”