Priscilla Presley Says She Hopes To ‘Keep Family Together’ As She Honors Late Lisa Marie On Her Birthday

Priscilla Presley paid tribute to her precocious girl connected what would person been her 55th birthday. The celebrated ex-wife of Elvis Presley marked the erstwhile couple’s lone child, Lisa Marie Presley’s, large time connected Wednesday, Feb. 1 with a heartbreaking connection pursuing the singer’s untimely decease past month. “Today would person been Lisa’s 55th birthday,” Priscilla began. “My privation is to support my 3 grandchildren and support our household together,” she added, referencing Lisa Marie’s 3 daughters: Riley Keough, 33, and twins Finley and Harper Lockwood, 14.

Priscilla Presley (right) honored her precocious girl Lisa Marie Presley (left) connected her 55th birthday. (Steve Cohn/Shutterstock)

Priscilla continued with a outcry retired to her son, Lisa’s half-brother, Navarone Garibaldi, “From the archetypal infinitesimal I held Lisa successful my arms, I’ve protected, loved and guided her, arsenic I person my son. Our hearts are broken, and I americium having to larn to unrecorded without my lone daughter.” She concluded the affectional message, “We genuinely emotion each of you, and we consciousness your prayers. Thank you truthful overmuch for caring truthful profoundly for our family.”

The day connection comes lone a fewer days aft Priscilla challenged Lisa Marie’s will, which states that her spot — comprised of the Graceland property and 15 percent ownership of Elvis’ property — would beryllium near to her 3 daughters, arsenic Lisa Marie’s lone son, Benjamin Keough, died by termination successful 2020. Priscilla is claiming a 2010 amendment to Lisa Marie’s will, which makes Priscilla a co-trustee alongside her erstwhile concern manager Barry Siegel, is inactive “the authoritative and controlling document,” portion claiming a 2016 amendment, which ousted Priscill and Barry arsenic co-trustees and replaced them with Lisa Marie’s children, is invalid.

Meanwhile, astatine Lisa Marie’s memorial connected Jan. 22, Priscilla delivered an affectional eulogy, praising her talented girl successful beforehand of household and friends. “I person nary thought however to enactment my parent into words. Truth is, determination are excessively many,” the Dallas alum began. “Lisa Marie Presley was an icon, a relation model, a superhero to galore radical each implicit the world, but Mama was my icon, my relation model, my superhero — successful overmuch much ways than one,'” she continued. “‘Even now, I can’t get crossed everything determination is to beryllium understood oregon known astir her, but arsenic she ever said, I’ll bash my best.'”

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