Elvis Presley met Priscilla Beaulieu when she was just 14 years old. He was 10 years older, and already a rock 'n' roll superstar. The two married in 1967 after a nearly eight-year courtship.
“Dating young girls in Alabama was not against the laws of Alabama.
Whether it was decent is a conclusion everyone will draw for themselves.”
It was even after this that the “Storybook wedding” of Prince Charles and Diana took place.
He was 32, she was 19.
No one said anything about the age gap.
It wasn’t just Alabama. It was London and New York City, too.
After her debut at 16-18, a young woman was on the market for courtship and marriage.
This was before the so-called sexual revolution.