In 1960, as he headed home from military service, the King of Rock ’n’ Roll made an unexpected stop at Prestwick Airport.
It's believed to be the only time Elvis Presley is known to have set foot on British soil.
It was only a brief visit, but for 16-year-old Anne Murphy, watching him walk down the airplane steps is a memory that has never faded.
More than six decades later, she tells Megan Jones what it was like to see Elvis up close.
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(Photo: Elvis at Prestwick Airport, with Anne Murphy looking up at him. Credit: The Hollywood Archive/Alamy)
