While Elvis Presley was a fascinating legend and made a name for himself that will go down in history, Priscilla is fascinating in her own rite. Check out these little-known facts about Priscilla’s gripping life and read on to discover the truths about the ongoing legal case in the wake of her daughter’s death.

This meant the family moved around quite a lot throughout her childhood and teenage years. It made it difficult for Priscilla to make friends. However, it was when the family moved to Germany that Priscilla met Elvis.

They spent a lot of time together while Elvis was in Germany but spent a few years apart when he moved back to Memphis. Eventually, Priscilla joined him and they were married in 1967 in Las Vegas. The ceremony took all of 8 minutes.

The strange and uncomfortable start tot he relationship between the 24 year old singer and 14 year old girl was only the beginning. Priscilla’s parents naturally had their own reservations about the whole thing.

Apparently, when he first tried to woo her he was wholly unsuccessful. Priscilla apparently didn’t even like Elvis at first and was unimpressed by his fame and talent. But he did eventually manage to gain her affections.

He managed to keep his wife away by not allowing her to visit him in Germany. She had heard rumors of Elvis and Priscilla but didn’t want to believe it could be true. When she confronted Elvis, he asked her to keep it a secret because he didn’t want to get in trouble for being in a relationship with the young girl.

They felt that Elvis was a bad influence but the rockstar was able to convince them to let him continue to see their daughter. After some time had passed, they began to feel Elvis’ intentions were true and allowed Priscilla to continue to see Elvis.

Elvis convinced her to finish high school in the States and live with him while she did so. She trusted Elvis and his eagerness to have her in his home made her feel that he was entirely committed to her. Her parents obliged but only if the two were to be married. 

Dallas was one of the most popular night-time soap operas of the time. She ended up winning a Soap Opera Digest Award in 1984. Having her own achievements that were outside the world of Elvis made her feel capable and important. It was a very positive aspect of her life, but nothing was more important than being a mother.

Lisa Marie has been married a total of 4 times. Two of which were extremely high profile: Michael Jackson and Nicolas Cage. She had four children and remained close to Priscilla for many years. But her high profile life and persistent bad habits led to a tragic conclusion.

And, in 1992, the couple welcomed their second child, Benjamin. Presley and Keough called it quits in May 1994, although they remained on good terms. It was no more than one month after they split that Presley got married to pop star Michael Jackson.

She plays a lead singer in a Fleetwood Mac style band who falls in love with her bandmate. The young actress has also been featured in other films such as Logan Lucky and Mad Max: Fury Road. While Riley was mainly raised by her father she did spend some time growing up at the Graceland Estate with her mom.

She used the word “amazing” to describe the experience, as well as being “filled with energy and excitement.” Presley also recalled the last moment that she saw her father alive when he found her awake at 4 a.m. and told her to go back to sleep. She wrote, “I said, ‘OK,’ and I think he kissed me goodnight and I ran off.” He died when she was only nine years old.

She explained in an interview that she was the disciplinarian. It was important that Lisa Marie have boundaries because she would inevitably be in the spotlight. However, no parenting class could have taught Priscilla how to parent a child that would be in the public eye their entire life.

This was not the most positive start to the relationship. Elvis had begged her parents to let Priscilla move in with him and marry him, but when she finally did both of them were eventually unfaithful in their marriage.

She liked that she was in charge of taking care of her husband at the young age of 21. In an interview she stated that she took pride in the fact that they didn’t need maids or housekeepers to pamper them. It was exactly what she wanted, or so she thought.

While she avoided the media attention as best she could, there was no shying away from Elvis’ spotlight and Priscilla had to learn to become comfortable with all the buzz around her all the time. It was a lot of pressure for anyone, let alone a young girl.

She never let him see her without makeup and was sure to constantly wear lipstick in his presence. She has commented that she often felt she was a doll for him to dress and admire.

She said it didn’t bother her and she wasn’t one to complain. She loved being his wife and being the one to take care of him. When she finally saw him on stage she understood why people found him so captivating.

The book provided an intimate look into the relationship she had with Elvis and people ate it up! At the time, the public were obsessed with the couple and they were happy to get a sneak peak into their personal lives.

Although they decided they were not meant to be married any longer, they remained close friends. When they left the courthouse where they finalized their divorce, they famously walked out hand in hand.

Their daughter, Lisa Marie was born exactly 9 months after the day they got married. When she was born, their intimate life basically disappeared. When Priscilla filed for divorce, she expressed that she needed to find herself and become her own person. After all, she was only a child before Elvis!

She explains that Elvis was an essential part of her life. Since they had met when she was so young, he was a major part of her entire adult life. Her love for him was a motivating factor in preserving his legacy after he died.

She explained that she just sat in a silent room until they sent a plane to bring her to Graceland. She explained that she could never forget the sound of Elvis’ father grieving: “To this day, [I] still remember him crying in such grief, howling — that it still resonates the loss and the impact”.

This was one of the signals that gave way to other problems in their relationship. Priscilla explained that she was basically Elvis’s “living doll, to fashion as he pleased”. He even asked her to dye her hair black to match his.

Priscilla would try to figure out what the cause of his anger was but there was often no reason at all. She said in an interview that he picked up a gun on more than one occasion.

Despite the fact that Kardashian was keen to marry her, she apparently told Robert, “Look, I am not going to marry anyone until Elvis dies”. It was only one year later that Elvis did pass away, but Priscilla and Robert didn’t end up rekindling their relationship. Inevitably, he married Kris Jenner and created an entirely different very famous family.

Many people tried to convince her to sell Graceland and liquidate the benefits. But she maintained it and passed it on to her daughter when she was of age. She turned it into a tourist attraction to save Elvis’s fortune.

When Elvis’s property was handed over to her daughter she found ways to make her own money, proving that she could make it all on her own. In this way she was able to step out of her late husband’s shadow and find who she was outside of being “Elvis’s wife”. This gave her great fulfillment and purpose.

She is far more than a housewife! Acting, writing, producing, and running businesses takes a special kind of person. In 2022 she also announced that she would co-produce a musical theater production based on her relationship with Elvis.

They got to talking about the religion from there and Priscilla and her daughter decided to become scientologists. Before this, Elvis had also considered joining the Scientologists but never followed through with it.

She didn’t know what Michael Jackson’s intentions were and worried that he had an agenda with her daughter. She worried about her relationship not only because she’s a mom but because she didn’t want her daughter to go through some of the things she went through being married to a rockstar.

As the custody battle dragged on and became more volatile, Priscilla actually assumed custody of the twins Finley and Harper. They were living with her for over 9 months but did spend time with both their parents during this time as well.

Lisa Marie diligently attempted to keep her personal struggles private. However, details about her opioid addiction and battle for sobriety surfaced during the divorce from her fourth husband, Michael Lockwood.

Lisa Marie had a very close bond with her first daughter, Riley. She opened up to PEOPLE about her relationship with Lisa Marie, sharing that she was “a very strong, smart woman” and an “inspiration” for her.

Her son, Navaronne Garibaldi is a musician and is the lead singer of the band Them Guns. He is now happily married. He and the rest of the family have had to get used to media scrutiny.

Upon her passing, the Graceland estate was apparently passed down to her daughters: Riley and twins Harper and Finley. However, a legal battle is underway to establish who will truly inherit the famous estate.

The case is still ongoing but the public is highly interested to know the outcome of the legal battle. Many wonder what implications the legal turmoil will have on the closeness of the remaining family members.

When he attended his half-sister, Lisa Marie’s funeral he was shot back into the spotlight that he had tried to avoid for most of his life. While he has avoided speaking on the legal battles, he has expressed his deep sadness for the passing of his sister.

To prepare for her role as Priscilla she watched tons of interviews of the legend. She explained that at the end of the day it was a love story and she wanted to do the story justice. She also explained that she understood the toxicity of the relationship and she celebrated that Priscilla got out of the relationship so she could grow on her own.

She wanted to make sure Priscilla came across as supportive and full of life because she was playing her in her younger years. It was important that she wasn’t just 2 dimensional because she was such an interesting character outside of the man she was married to.

She went to see the film with a long time friend of Elvis and explained in an interview that she had nothing but praise for the film. She stated, “At the end we went, ‘Wow, this is Elvis’”. A glowing review from Priscilla was certainly a huge boost for the film and its creators.

She then switched to a brunette hair color. Now, she is known for sporting the iconic red locks. She’s had almost every hair style there is and rocked each and every one. She’s a style icon!

Apparently the poodle in her arms was a Christmas gift from Elvis the year before. In response to the outfit she explained that in that time people really dressed up. You rarely saw people underdressed. She loved capes at the time and still loves them to this day.

She explained that what she loved about the dress was that it was very feminine and matched Elvis’s suit. She was also drawn to it because it was lightweight and flowy. She looks back on these photos of her dress and wedding day very fondly.

It had a pointed collar and long sleeves. The dress ended just above her knee and is very recognizable. So much, in fact, that it was recreated for the Elvis movie. Olivia DeJonge, who played Priscilla, can be seen wearing an exact replica of this look.

The wide-leg jeans and matching jacket are covered in swirling rhinestone patterns. The stones were hand-studded. She is very proud of this look, mentioning to Vogue that she believes they were “ahead of [their] time” with this outfit.

While we don’t necessarily think denim and the pool go hand in hand, she knows more about fashion than we do! She paired it with a gold chain and a blow out hair style.

She paired it with a thick black headband. Interestingly, she attended the gala with Baz Luhrmann (who produced the movie Elvis) and the other stars of the Elvis movie.

She liked that the dress almost matched her hair. She stated, “I’m usually dressed in black, so this was different for me, but I love it. And I got to keep it too, so I’m really happy”. She continues to wow with her fashion!

She wore a patchwork style dress while leaving the Santa Monica courtroom. She had also stopped doing her iconic black puffy hairstyle. Elvis had requested that she wear her hair in that way because it matched his.