Priscilla Presley’s new memoir reveals the real reason she left Elvis Presley — and offers insight into how the music legend was still a major part of her life even after their split.

“I did not leave Elvis because I no longer loved him. I loved him as much on the day I left as on the day we married,” Priscilla, now 80, wrote in Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis, published on Tuesday, September 23. “I left Elvis because I needed a life of my own. I was living his life. Just as Elvis was searching for the meaning of his life, I was searching for mine.”

Priscilla has previously discussed her affair with her karate instructor, Mike Stone, but made it clear in this book that he was “just one catalyst” that led to her divorce from Elvis.

“The marriage had been crumbling for years,” sh

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