In the years which followed, however, their relationship began to break down and they split in 1972.

Priscilla and Elvis remained close friends following their break-up and until his death, with Lisa Marie living primarily with her mother but spending a lot of time staying with her famous father at his lavish Memphis house, Graceland.

On the night of August 16, 1977, a nine-year-old Lisa Marie was there when Elvis was found unconscious on the floor of his bathroom.

He died of a heart attack but the latter months of his life were plagued with addiction to a number medications, including sleeping pills.