Priscilla and Elvis Presley's actual marriage only lasted for a little over a half-decade. Priscilla in March 2022 said that from the beginning of their marriage, people were spreading rumors about why they got married (via the Daily Mail).  

Priscilla added that the earliest part of their marriage was especially tough. As she said, "The beginning [of the marriage] was very difficult, but I knew what I was in for because I saw it at a very young age." Eventually, she said she learned to ignore tabloids and added the two made the best of what they had together. Their daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, was born nine months after the day the two married.

In her 1985 memoir "Elvis and Me," Priscilla revealed that giving birth to their daughter brought her intimate life with her husband to a halt. As she writes, "[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" (via Showbiz Cheat Sheet). Eventually, Priscilla filed for divorce from Elvis, citing her need to become her own person.