Sarah Ferguson added a touch of royalty to Lisa Marie Presley’s funeral over the weekend, but it might not be the royalty that King Charles III appreciates. The Duchess of York quoted her late mother-in-law Queen Elizabeth in a tribute that she wrote for Lisa Marie. Here’s what you need to know.
Hundreds of mourners gathered at Graceland on Sunday morning to pay their respects to singer Lisa Marie Presley in a memorial service at the mansion in Memphis, Tennessee, which she inherited from her father, rock legend Elvis Presley. She died on January 12 at the age of 54. Earlier that day, she had been rushed to a Los Angeles-area hospital after reportedly suffering cardiac arrest at her home. Singers Alanis Morissette, Billy Corgan and Axl Rose performed.
Sarah Ferguson Quotes Queen Elizabeth At Lisa Marie Presley’s Funeral – King Charles III Outraged?
“Grief is the price we pay for love,” the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson said to mourners, quoting her former mother-in-law, the late Queen of England Elizabeth II.
Lisa Marie Presley is survived by her daughters, actress Riley Keough and 14-year-old twins Finley and Harper Lockwood. “Our heart is broken, Lisa, and we all love you,” her mother, Priscilla Presley, said at the service on the front lawn of Graceland. “Lisa Marie Presley was an icon, a role model, a superhero to many people all over the world.”
Two days before her death, she had appeared with her mother, Priscilla Presley, at the Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, where actor Austin Butler won the best actor award for portraying her father in the film Elvis. Butler paid tribute to both women in his acceptance speech and attended the memorial. Presley began her music career in the 2000s with two albums, To Whom It May Concern and Now What, that made the top 10 of the Billboard 200 album chart. She was married and divorced four times, including to pop star Michael Jackson and actor Nicholas Cage.
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