Priscilla Presley's Romantic History in Photos: the Relationships After Graceland
By Sophia Al-Mansoor
After separating from Elvis in 1972, Priscilla sought to establish her individuality in Southern California. She opened a successful clothing boutique, Bis & Beau, in Beverly Hills, catering to clients like Cher and Barbra Streisand. Her romantic life quickly became tabloid fodder as she crossed paths with several prominent men of the 1970s.
One of her first serious post-divorce relationships was with attorney Robert Kardashian, who would later achieve worldwide fame during the O.J. Simpson trial. The two dated between 1975 and 1976. Kardashian was deeply infatuated and wanted to marry her, but Priscilla made her position clear: she was not interested in tying herself down legally to another man. Kardashian eventually married Kris Houghton (later Kris Jenner), while Priscilla remained independent.
Following Elvis’s death in 1977, Priscilla entered a tumultuous six-year relationship with model and actor Michael Edwards. Living together from 1978 to 1984, the dynamic deteriorated into friction and distrust. Edwards would later publish a controversial 1988 tell-all memoir, Priscilla, Elvis & Me, detailing their volatile domestic life and alleging complicated boundary issues within the household. The fallout confirmed Priscilla’s growing wariness of bringing men into the legal structure of her family and estate.
Brief flings and dates followed, including a widely publicized connection with British celebrity photographer Terry O'Neill in the mid-1980s. O'Neill captured iconic, stripped-back portraits of Priscilla as she prepared to make her acting debut on Dallas, but the transatlantic romance never approached the altar.
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