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Despite an almost two-million-dollar divorce settlement from her former husband Elvis Presley, Priscilla Beaulieu Presley is a
California working mother who is determined to raise their six-year-old daughter Lisa so that her two little feet are planted
firmly on the ground.

"I want Lisa to have as normal a childhood as possible," Priscilla says, "but she won't if everything is just heaped on her
without her having to exert any effort. She is Elvis Presley's daughter--nothing can change that--but neither Elvis nor I want
her to take advantage of anyone or anything because of her name.

"All fathers tend to spoil their daughters--and Elvis is no exception. By comparison, I'm the disciplinarian--but I don't mind.
We both want Lisa to have the best, but there is a limit; there's got to be. When one of Lisa's baby teeth fell out here, the
tooth fairy left her 50 cents. Another tooth fell out when she was with her father in Las Vegas, and that tooth fairy left her $5.
When I told Elvis that 50 cents would be more in line, he laughed. He knew I was not criticizing him; how would Elvis Presley
know the going rate for a tooth?

"Lisa adores her daddy and has a great respect for him. When she sees him on TV, she's so proud. I try to take her to Las
Vegas whenever Elvis performs there."

Lisa's constant companion (along with her school chums) is Snoopy, a huge Great Dane. Says Priscilla: "They understand
each other completely. Some adults have trouble with Snoopy, but Lisa just gives a command and Snoopy 'heels' in a hurry.
Lisa loves animals--Elvis has three cats and Lisa plays with them when she visits her father. My daughter is a sensitive,
loving child, and we have very good times together."

Happily for all concerned, Priscilla and Elvis are still friends. Their split was so amicable that outside the Los Angeles
Courthouse where they were divorced on October 11, 1973, Elvis kissed his ex-wife goodbye.

Today, Priscilla remains fiercely loyal to Elvis, whom she met in Germany when she was 14, married in 1967, when she was
21, and divorced at 28. If you ask her a question the answer to which could be interpreted as a betrayal of Elvis, she focuses
her blue-green eyes on you and asks, "Why do you want to know that?"

She has also remained friends with Elvis' father, Vernon Presley, and his wife, Dee. "Lisa is their only grandchild and they
love her so much," Priscilla says. "I would never do anything to upset this relationship--and Dee and Vernon wouldn't, either."

Priscilla's parents, Ann and Lt. Col. Joseph P. Beaulieu, live in New Jersey, but visit often. Priscilla's brother, Jeff, 14--she
has four brothers and one sister--is Lisa's favorite.

"They enjoy each other," Priscilla says. "When Jeff had to have braces on his teeth, Lisa wanted braces so she could be like
Jeff. She was so funny that she made Jeff feel better--he wasn't that crazy about having to wear braces."

When Priscilla first moved out of Elvis' Beverly Hills home in August, 1972, she rented a two-bedroom apartment near the
Pacific Ocean. In June, 1973, she moved into a three-bedroom apartment in the same building. The apartment, charmingly
chock full of the antiques she loves, is a far cry from the homes she shared with Elvis: the $400,000 California house or his
fabulous Memphis estate, "Graceland." But Priscilla couldn't care less. "Trappings don't mean much to her," says a friend.
"She's one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood--inside and out."

Priscilla has one live-in help, a woman on whom she knows she can depend. "I have to have someone marvelous like her
because I work," she says.

"Work" is a boutique named Bis & Beau (Bis for Olivia Bis, the designer; Beau for Priscilla's maiden name, Beaulieu.) Olivia
and Priscilla met when she saw some of Olivia's designs in a shop window.

When Priscilla's marriage ended and she wanted something of her own to do, she decided to bankroll a boutique to sell
Olivia's designs, Priscilla's ideas that Olivia could turn into outfits, and fashion accessories. The shop, at 9650 Santa Monica
Boulevard in Beverly Hills, has been a very successful venture.

The third ingredient in Priscilla's life is boyfriend Mike Stone--a karate instructor. Does she think she'll remarry soon? "Oh, I
don't know...I don't think so," she says. "But even if I do remarry, I don't think I will have another child. I don't feel it would be
fair to Lisa if her brother or sister had a father in the house and Lisa didn't. And I don't think it would be fair to the other
children if Elvis wasn't their father to.