Priscilla Presley Says She Realized About Elvis Presley’s Infidelity by Studying Fan Mail

Priscilla Presley says that she discovered about her then-husband Elvis Presley‘s affairs in an sudden manner: by studying fan mail despatched to their dwelling.

Talking at a panel at MegaCon Orlando on Friday, Feb. 7, Priscilla, 79, mentioned it was tough to navigate a wedding shadowed in fame and one wherein her husband was continually surrounded by others.

“It was onerous, you recognize, to get used to all the blokes, not simply Elvis however all the blokes, they have been like this, and I like all of them, nevertheless it was a person’s world, and I used to be actually the one girl,” she mentioned.

Additional complicating issues was Elvis’ schedule within the years after their 1967 marriage ceremony, Priscilla mentioned.

“He was gone lots … and I’d hear tales and the factor that did it for me was we had a house in Palm Springs, and … I made a decision to go up and verify the mail and ensure the home was okay,” she defined.

As she started eradicating the mail from the mailbox, she regarded by it.

“A number of it was like, ‘Oh Elvis, thanks for the invite. Charlie Hodge [Elvis’ best friend and confidante] requested me to return up and I am so glad you, you recognize, you greeted me and my girlfriends,’ ” she mentioned.

And different letters have been extra express.

” ‘Elvis, I had the perfect night time with you. Thanks a lot,’ ” Priscilla mentioned, including that she thought, “Hi there, it is getting worse,” as she continued to learn.

“I made a decision, gosh, he is residing one other life and and I simply could not take it. Each time he’d go to Vegas and even Palm Springs, it was, you recognize, it was it was tough.”

Regardless of their marital struggles, Priscilla spoke extremely of her time with Elvis, saying at MegaCon that the wedding ended “lovingly.”

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“He was well-known, he was loving, he was a phenomenal, lovely man, [but] I simply could not take it. It simply was not a great life for me,” she mentioned, including that the 2 nonetheless maintained an in depth friendship, even after their divorce in 1973.

She continued: “We nonetheless we stored our relationship. We did. He would drop by my dwelling unannounced, and I used to be going with somebody by the way in which, and he would come unannounced. Thank God it was two o’clock within the morning, and I knew who it was, so I shortly tried to get to the door earlier than he rang the doorbell, and naturally he got here in, we went within the kitchen, we talked for a few hours.”

Priscilla’s look at MegaCon Orlando comes a little bit multiple yr after she accompanied granddaughter Riley Keough to the Emmy Awards in January 2024, the place Keough was up for excellent lead actress in a restricted or anthology collection for Daisy Jones & the Six.

The household outing adopted the tip of a authorized battle that ensued after the January 2023 dying of Priscilla’s daughter Lisa Marie. Presley and Keough got here to a settlement settlement over the late singer’s belief that Could, and it was formally accepted by a decide in November 2023.

After reaching the settlement, Priscilla shared an announcement completely with PEOPLE, expressing that “the Presley household is stronger than ever.”

“As a household, we’re happy that we resolved this collectively,” the assertion learn. “My household and I hope that everybody will grant us the privateness we’ve got wanted to correctly grieve Lisa Marie and spend private time collectively. We love and recognize all of you and the Presley household is stronger than ever.”