How Priscilla Presley Shut Down Criticism Of Her Age Gap With Elvis

In her essay for People, Priscilla Presley admitted that she was really too young to understand some of the things that Elvis Presley discussed with her. “Each night that I was with him he entrusted a little more of himself — his doubts, his secrets, and his frustrations. It was a lot to expect someone my age to understand, but I tried,” she wrote. Even after their first kiss, Elvis didn’t seem to be in any kind of rush to be intimate with the then-teenage Priscilla. “We have plenty of time, Little One,” she recalled him telling her.

During her aforementioned press conference, Priscilla shared that she and Elvis had a much deeper connection than what many people realize. “We were more in mind and thought, and that was our relationship,” she said. In 1967, Priscilla and Elvis tied the knot — when she was 22 and he was 32. They would go on to welcome their only child together, Lisa Marie Presley, the following year. In 1972, however, Priscilla left her husband. Regardless of their divorce, which was finalized one year later, Priscilla says she and Elvis remained close.