Elvis’ mattress modified by Priscilla Presley after they married to keep away from accidents | Music | Entertainment | EUROtoday

Elvis Presley lastly married long-term girlfriend Priscilla Beaulieu on May 1, 1967, 58 years in the past in the present day, on the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas. Nine months later, the King’s solely baby, Lisa Marie, was born.

Yet it wasn’t a straightforward experience early on within the marriage for the 21-year-old bride wed to the world’s greatest star, particularly concerning her husband’s night time owl way of life.

Elvis would sleep all day after which reside all night time, along with his Memphis Mafia inside circle at his beck and name.

One of the King’s favorite issues to do for dates was to take Priscilla out to the Memphis film theatres, which he’d booked out in the midst of the night time, to see the most recent releases.

Priscilla Presley remembered throughout their relationship: “We would leave [Graceland] right after the Johnny Carson monologue and we would head out for the theatre, sometimes coming home at three, four or five o’clock in the morning. At that time, I was going to school by the way, so I would go to bed and then get up at 7.30 … I didn’t do well with the grades.”

Yet after being out all night time, they’d get dwelling and Elvis would devour books on every kind of subjects, particularly faith and spirituality. The King would write notes within the margins and underline passages by till daybreak. He’d even be studying to his spouse, whether or not she appreciated it or not, upstairs at Graceland in his big mattress.

Speaking beforehand with The Guardian, Priscilla continued: “He would read [out loud to me] and I would be so tired … and he would say, ‘you aren’t listening to me’ and I would say [to myself]‘OK, keep your eyes open’.”

As a consequence, there have been so many books piled up excessive that she needed to have their big palatial mattress modified. The King’s spouse commissioned a cupboard maker to construct pull-out bookcases beneath so the star wouldn’t injure himself in the dead of night. Even although this little doubt helped, to at the present time there are piles of books stacked up within the completely preserved bed room.

Priscilla mentioned of the early days after their marriage ceremony: “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. That’s when I started not reading papers anymore or [magazines] in the grocery stores. I found out how vicious people could be … there were rumours I was pregnant, and that’s why he got married and I’m going, ‘Oh my God, this is not gonna be good for me. So it was hard to get accepted. But he always told me, ‘Don’t pay attention … don’t even listen and don’t look at the tabloids. You know what the truth is so just be cautious, but be aware’.”

After six years, the wedding broke down and the couple divorced. However, they remained shut with common late-night telephone calls even up to a couple days earlier than Elvis’ dying from a coronary heart assault at simply 42 in 1977.