Why Did Priscilla Presley Keep His Surname After They Divorced?

[Lorrs1964]

Was it because she wanted to use his surname to stay famous in her career?

[sandyRoe]

That's probably it.

[jackthehat]

Many divorced women wish to have the same surname as their children.

[cashier]

Maybe she wanted the same surname as their daughter.

[pastafreak]

I've divorced and kept the surname. It was just easier in many ways to keep it simple.

I've not stayed famous though...🤔🙄

[ImLostAgain]

My ex wife reverted to her maiden name well before our divorce was finalised. She never found fame though...obviously.

[jourdain2]

I'd been married nearly 30 years when we divorced.  I never even thought to change my name (although I've always written undermy maiden name).  When I ended up in France I found myself in a legal tangle because over there your birth name remains your legal name for the rest of your life. T.b.h. it's a much easier system and although I have remarried I keep my maiden name for banking etc. etc..

I daresay Priscilla never even thought to change it - that was her name.

[douglas9401]

She needed some way to identify herself after cabbage patch doll surgery.

[Barsel]

Copied this from Vanity Fair. 

Her most serious relationship was with writer-director Marco Garibaldi, whom she was with for over two decades. Together they had a son, Navarone Garibaldi, but never married. 

“No one could ever match [Elvis],” Priscilla said. 

[Barsel]

Sorry, that doesn't explain why she kept the name.

I think it was because that was the name she was known by.

If I was her, I wouldn't have married Garibaldi.

Why get rid of the name Presley and take on the name of a biscuit?