Priscilla Presley has been frank about her late daughter Lisa Marie Presley's infamous marriage to Michael Jackson. "I asked her if they had a physical relationship," Presley writes in her upcoming memoir, Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis, according to an excerpt published by the Sun on Saturday. "Like so many people, I wasn't sure. She said yeah." Elvis Presley's ex-wife then divulges that she was unimpressed when her daughter tied the knot with the King of Pop in 1994 - a union that only lasted until 1996. "I was appalled by the marriage," she writes. "I knew in my bones that Michael wasn't marrying Lisa Marie; he was marrying the Presley dynasty." Presley claims the troubled icon was seeking "good publicity" following claims of child abuse against him. "Michael was a manipulative man, and I think he had his sights set on her long before she realised it," she writes, according to the Sun. "The childlike innocence he projected was part of his public mask." Priscilla also claims the Billie Jean singer avoided meeting her, and opted to mingle with children rather than spend time with the adults at family events. When Lisa Marie filed for divorce in 1996, Presley writes that she "could practically hear Elvis sigh with relief".