Priscilla Presley shared a throwback photo from way back in the day on social media Monday.
The actress, 78, who is being sued by a former business associate, posted a snap of her teen-aged self and a furry friend.
‘Elvis told me he had a surprise for me when I came to Memphis to stay,’ she explained in the post.
‘He presented me with a darling little Poodle that I name Honey. He was very sweet and so loving,’ she said of the white curly canine in the black and white photo who became a constant companion.
She said the pooch, ‘followed me everywhere. He also traveled with me.’
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Priscilla Presley, 78, shared a throwback photo of herself, at age 14, and a furry friend on social media Monday explaining Elvis gave him to her when she moved to Memphis in 1963
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‘He presented me with a darling little Poodle that I name Honey,’ she said; The pair married May 1, 1967 in Las Vegas (pictured)
The snap was taken after the duo had ‘just landed in Memphis from LA. Little did I know a photographer was at the Memphis airport and took the photo as I left the plane.’
The former Priscilla Beaulieu moved to Tennessee to be with the King of Rock and Roll in 1963. The pair met with the Hound Dog singer was in Germany during his two year stint in the Army.
The singer seemed immediately taken with the young girl after meeting her at a party at his house.
The Wedding at Graceland actress was living with her mother and step-father, US Air Force Captain Joseph Paul Beaulieu at the time.
The rocker, then 24, seemed to be immediately taken with the teen.
‘My relationship with Elvis, you know, people go, “Oh my god, how could this happen?” It was not a sexual relationship, being 14 years old, the Agent Elvis producer told Fox 32 Chicago in December.
She said the heartthrob was ‘was very, very lonely.’
‘People think, “Oh, it was sex.” No, it wasn’t,’ she said at a press conference for Sofia Coppola’s biopic Priscilla at the Venice Film Festival in September 2023.
‘I never had sex with him. He was very kind, very soft, very loving, but he also respected the fact I was only 14 years old,’ she said.
‘We were more in line in thought, and that was our relationship,’ she contended.
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The couple welcomed daughter Lisa Marie nine months later (Pictured in Memphis in February 1968)
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The marriage didn’t last and the couple divorced in 1973, but the Dallas actress said they always remained close. ‘We had our daughter, and I made sure that he saw her all the time. It was like we never left each other,’ she said
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Elvis died at the age of 42, in 1977
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Lisa Marie Presley passed away at age 54, shortly after Austen Butler won the Golden Globe for portraying her father in Elvis in January 2023 (Pictured in Beverly Hills in January 10, 2023)
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The pair married in 1967 in Las Vegas and welcomed daughter Lisa Marie nine months later.
The marriage didn’t last and the couple divorced in 1973, but the Dallas actress said they always remained close.
‘It didn’t mar our relationship; we still remained very, very close. And of course, we had our daughter, and I made sure that he saw her all the time. It was like we never left each other.’
Sadly, Elvis died at the age of 42, in 1977.
Lisa Marie Presley passed away at age 54, shortly after Austen Butler won the Golden Globe for portraying her father in Elvis in January 2023.
