Who Did Elvis Presley Date?

Elvis met Priscilla in 1959 while he was stationed in Germany. He was 24, while she was just 14 at the time. While talking to The Mirror in December 2014, Priscilla said she first laid eyes on Elvis at a party, where she watched him sign autographs for fans throughout the night. “I remember when I set eyes on him, he was just so kind, so authentic,” she recalled. “I just thought how he was the real deal, Elvis wasn’t putting on any pretense, he never did. What you saw with him is what you got.” Despite her parents initially turning him away, they eventually warmed up to the star and allowed him to “court” their daughter.

When he left Germany in 1960, Elvis continued to stay in touch with Priscilla. They reunited years later when Priscilla visited Elvis in Los Angeles in 1962. Since Priscilla wanted to be closer to Elvis, her parents allowed her to move into his Graceland home in Memphis, TN, in 1963, on the condition they would eventually marry. Elvis put those plans into action by proposing to Priscilla just before Christmas in 1966. The couple tied the knot the following year and welcomed their first and only child together, Lisa Marie Presley, in February 1968.

While Elvis and Priscilla’s marriage appeared perfect on the surface, the couple experienced problems behind the scenes. Priscilla told Closer Weekly in November 2017 that Elvis continued his usual “lifestyle” of being a womanizer despite getting married. Although she tried to ignore it, she knew “there was some finagling going on.” Priscilla admitted she was unfaithful to Elvis, too. His drug use and temper also caused a rift between them. In 1972, Elvis and Priscilla officially split, and their divorce was finalized the following year.