. We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA Enterprise and the GoogleHow Old Was Priscilla Presley When She Married Elvis? The 10-Year Age GapBad Bunny Tickets Sold Out In A Flash—Here’s Where You Can Still Get TixOne of the most iconic couples in music history, Elvis and Priscilla Presley’s romance is being told on the big screen with the King of Rock’n Roll’s ex-wife’s blessing.
While she was out with her younger brother one night, an Air Force member asked Priscilla if she’d like to come with him and his wife to meet Elvis. After she checked in with her father, who talked to the Air Force member’s commanding officer, Priscilla was given permission to meet Elvis. That night, Priscilla, who was in ninth grade at the time, wore a navy-and-white sailor dress and met Elvis at his temporary home in Bad Nauheim, Germany.
Elvis and Priscilla lost touch for two years after he was discharged from the U.S. Army in March 1960 and left Germany. Though Priscilla sent Elvis letters—using pink envelopes so Elvis could identify them among his fan mail—she didn’t hear from him until 1962 when he asked her to visit him in Los Angeles and convinced her parents to allow her to see him. Priscilla visited Elvis in Los Angeles, and the two continued to date.
Elvis and Priscilla finalized their divorce on October 9, 1973. “I did not divorce him because I didn’t love him. He was the love of my life, but I had to find out about the world,” Priscilla said in a 2016 interview. After their divorce, Priscilla and Elvis shared custody of Lisa Marie and had an amicable relationship. In the documentary,, Priscilla claimed that Elvis’ use of prescription pills increased throughout separation and divorce.