After a 7 year courtship the couple met while elvis was stationed in germany in 1959 the king would propose to his 21 year old love priscilla ann beaulieu with a 3 carat diamond ring.
Priscilla presley engagement ring from elvis.
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6 priscilla s engagement ring had 20 diamonds.
At the private low key proposal in their home elvis presented priscilla with a gorgeous diamond engagement ring purchased from harry levitch a jeweler in the memphis area.
Priscilla presley s engagement ring was a whopping 3 1 2 carat rock surrounded by a detachable row of smaller diamonds.
The pair was married in a civil ceremony in a suite at the aladdin hotel in las vegas on may 1 1967.
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Her father had been been presley s induction officer when the musician joined the army in 1958 and the rock legend had invited the family out for an evening at the local fair.
Elvis wore a black silk tux and cowboy boots.
However a couple of points beg clarification.
The ring featured an impressive 3 5 carat diamond surrounded by a halo of 20 smaller detachable diamonds.
Have no concrete documentation of their own to put them in a position to verify the story of the gift or the authenticity of the ring as having once belonged to elvis or to express any doubt about it.
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Elvis presley s diamond ring to ginger alden.
Priscilla donned a beaded silk gown that she designed herself coupled with a three foot veil and rhinestone crown.