Elvis & Ann-Margret: Inside Their Red-Hot Love Affair

The saddest secret of Elvis Presley's tormented romantic life — is the rocker never found happiness with the one woman he truly loved!

“Elvis adored Priscilla, but it wasn’t intense like it was with Ann-Margret,” an insider said to The National ENQUIRER. The two stars met in 1963 while shooting “Viva Las Vegas,” and Ann remembered the magic. The talented temptress was clearly The King’s perfect match. “Music ignited a fiery pent-up passion inside Elvis and inside me,” said Ann.

“We looked at each other move and saw virtual mirror images. When Elvis thrust his pelvis, mine slammed forward too.” The image of Elvis and Ann was sizzling, remembers friend Red West: “Their chemistry was explosive. They were like a house on fire!” Then he told his friend that it wasn’t Priscilla he wanted for his wife, but Ann! “Damn! He wanted to marry that girl. It broke his heart that they had to end it.”

“While Elvis and Ann’s passion did move from the movie set to the bedroom, their romance was doomed. Elvis had already installed teenaged Priscilla at Graceland, and was honor bound to make an honest woman out of her.” “We knew the relationship had to end,” 76-year-old Ann wistfully recalled. “Elvis had to fulfill his commitment.” Priscilla’s family also threatened him with a lawsuit, says another source.

They would have accused him of seduction of a minor, because Priscilla was only 15 when she began staying at Graceland. He also could have gotten into trouble for turning Priscilla on to drugs. “He introduced her to uppers and downers so that she could reprogram her schedule to keep up with him,” said the source. “They would sleep during the day and party all night.”

So Elvis reluctantly kept his promise and the courtship culminated in their 1967 marriage, daughter Lisa Marie, and a divorce in 1973. As his own end drew near, Elvis’ long-lost amigo was unafraid. “He told me, ‘I’ve got something to look forward to,’” the insider said. “’Going to the other side will bring me and my pal together again.’”