Priscilla Presley Speaks Out About Being Buried Near Elvis Presley: ‘That’s What I Want’

Priscilla Presley talks about her wish to be buried at Graceland, near her ex-husband Elvis Presley.

The actress, 78, recently spoke about the trials and tribulations of the Presley family on TalkTV Piers Morgan uncensoredand revealed that it was important to her that her final resting place be in the Meditation Garden of the Memphis estate.

“My feelings [about being buried at Graceland] they’re great,” she said. “That’s, you know, what I want and wanted.”

When Morgan asked Priscilla if she would like to be buried next to Elvis, to whom she was married from 1967 to 1973, she replied, “Yes.” When he asked if that was really going to happen, she again said, “Yes.”

Although the settlement agreement for the estate of Lisa Marie Presley reached earlier this year by Priscilla and her granddaughter Riley Keough confirmed that Priscilla will be buried at Graceland, she will not be right next to Elvis.

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Elvis Presley’s grave at Graceland. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty

According to the agreement, which was officially approved by a judge on Monday, Priscilla will be buried as close to Elvis as possible without moving the existing grave site. Elvis is currently buried between his father Vernon and his grandmother Minnie, while the final resting places of his daughter Lisa Marie and her son Benjamin Keough are across the garden on the other side of the fountain.

“Elvis was… I’ve never met anyone like him and I don’t think I ever will again, ever,” Priscilla told Morgan. “He had the biggest heart. He had a great sense of humor. He had a lot of love.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Priscilla praised granddaughter Riley, 34, who officially became the sole guardian of her late mother Lisa Marie’s estate in June, five months after the star died aged 54.

“I think Riley is going to be great. She asked me a few things about what to do, so we’ll talk…” Priscilla said. “I want to help her with Graceland. I mean, she also has her career and she’s doing well with her career. She is so talented.”

She continued: “I told her everything she needed to know about Graceland, about Elvis – even more about Elvis. Because she never participated in going to Graceland… We would go for a special occasion [but] not so many times. But I want her to know about Elvis, and I’ll probably help her that way.”

Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley at their wedding in 1967.

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Lisa Marie was Elvis’ only heir. After her death, Priscilla filed a petition challenging the “authenticity and validity” of Lisa Marie’s 2016 amendment that removed Priscilla and her former business manager as co-trustees and instead placed things in the hands of Lisa Marie’s children.

Priscilla and Riley, Lisa Marie’s daughter with ex-husband Danny Keough, eventually reached a settlement that also put Riley in charge of the sub-foundations of her 15-year-old half-sisters Harper and Finley Lockwood. Their dad, Lisa Marie’s ex-husband Michael Lockwood, signed the deal on their behalf.

In addition to Priscilla’s grave site, the deal also confirms the star will receive a $1 million lump sum payment funded by Lisa Marie’s $25 million life insurance policy, as well as $100,000 a year for her role as special adviser to the boardwalk trust. related to his equity interest in Elvis Presley Enterprises, a non-fiduciary role.

Her life story is currently appearing on the big screen in Sofia Coppola’s new film A24 Priscillabased on the 1985 memoir Elvis and me.

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