What It Was Like To Eat At Elvis Presley’s $10,000 Wedding Reception

Elvis Presley was the King of Rock and Roll, but what is a king without a queen? For Elvis, it was Priscilla Beaulieu, with whom he tied the knot on May 1, 1967. But their relationship wasn’t exactly a fairy tale. It began when Elvis was 24 and Priscilla was just 14. They met on a military base in West Germany – Elvis was in the Army and Priscilla’s stepfather was a member of the Air Force. Despite the age gap (and the fact that Priscilla’s infatuation with Elvis led to a drop in her school grades), her parents eventually let her move to Memphis to be with him, where she settled into the star’s Graceland manor. There was one condition though: Elvis had to promise to make Priscilla his bride.

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