Priscilla was left heartbroken by Elvis’ love-making rule after Lisa Marie was born | Music | Entertainment

Elvis Presley was with Priscilla Presley (née Beaulieu) for eight years before they eventually decided to tie the knot. On May 1, 1967, the young lovers secretly left Graceland and flew to Las Vegas where they stood in front of their closest friends and family to get hitched at the Aladdin Hotel. On February 1, 1968 – exactly nine months after the wedding – their only child was born, Lisa Marie Presley.

This week would have been Lisa Marie’s 55th birthday. The young star died in January 2023, after suffering a cardiac arrest and was survived by her three children.

While Lisa Marie’s birth was a joyous event for Elvis and Priscilla, their relationship completely changed as soon as she arrived.

Elvis told his wife that he would no longer be able to have sex with her. He admitted he had a particular hang-up about sleeping with women who had already given birth. 

Priscilla wrote in her memoir, Elvis and Me: “[Elvis] had mentioned to me before we were married that he had never been able to make love to a woman who had a child.”

Sonny also noted how it was Elvis’ relationship with his late mother, Gladys Presley, who likely shaped his relationships with women as he hit adulthood.

“[Gladys] gave him so much love and attention when he was growing up that he came to put all mothers on a special pedestal,” West said. “The idea of sex with a mother was, to Elvis, out of the question.”

This was a drastic change for the couple. Priscilla described their sex life after getting married as “passionate” and “full of adventure”. “Ordinary thrills sometimes were not enough [for Elvis],” she once described. “Especially when he was under the influence of powerful drugs.”

After Lisa Marie arrived, however, Elvis spent time with other women. And Priscilla reacted as one might expect. She had a short fling with her dance instructor, as well as a fully-fledged affair with her karate teacher Mike Stone.

After six years, Priscilla and Elvis split up. They finalised their divorce in 1973 – but they left things very amicable.

When they left the courthouse after splitting up, Elvis crooned the lyrics to Dolly Parton’s I Will Always Love You.

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