The unredacted settlement, the terms of which were first agreed upon in May, reveals that in addition to her lump-sum payment, Priscilla will also be paid $100,000 a year for her role as special advisor of the promenade trust related to its shareholder interest in Elvis Presley Enterprises, a non-fiduciary role. The payments, which will be doled out in monthly installments, are guaranteed for 10 years or until Priscilla’s death, regardless of whether Riley ever terminates Priscilla’s role as special advisor, according to the documents.
Elvis body was initially laid to rest in a mausoleum at the Forest Hills Cemetery in Memphis but after the attempted theft of Presley's body from the cemetery in 1977, in which four men plotted to hold it for ransom, his family reburied the famous singer at Graceland along with his mother Gladys' remains, Grunge reports.
The latest commotion involving the burial site occurred in the summer of 2023 and revolved around whether Elvis' ex-wife Priscilla Presley would get to be buried next to him. After some legal wrangling between Priscilla and her granddaughter, the "Daisy Jones & The Six" star, Riley Keough, Priscilla will be allowed to be buried near her former husband, but not next to him, according to TMZ.
After the January 2023 death of Elvis's only child, Lisa Marie Presley, from a bowel obstruction stemming from bariatric surgery she'd had several years prior, a legal battle broke out between Riley Keough and Priscilla Presley over control of Lisa Marie's estate, which includes Graceland, per Southern Living. Among the things Priscilla was after was to be buried next to Elvis, which would have required moving either his father Vernon's grave or the body of Minnie May Presley, Elvis' paternal grandmother, which was a "non-starter," per TMZ and People.
In the end, a Los Angeles judge named Riley Keough the "sole trustee" of her mother's estate, per People. In the settlement, Priscilla Presley, besides receiving $1 million plus $400,000 in legal fees, will also get to be buried in Graceland's Meditation Garden. When the time comes for the 78-year-old, she'll join her daughter, Lisa Marie, and her grandson, Benjamin Keough — who died by suicide in 2020 at 27 years old — in being buried at Graceland, per Today.
Lisa Marie has been laid to rest at family plot in Graceland's meditation garden. She has been buried next to son Benjamin Keough who shot himself in 2020.
Priscilla Presley arrived with her family, including son Navarone Garibaldi, daughter Riley Keough and Lisa Marie’s ex-husband, Michael Lockwood. (NME reports) ” Watch full photogallery on TMZ
Graceland It is the second-most famous home in the United States (not even The King can top POTUS - White House) and one of the most famous in the world,
The property is in a trust that will now go to the benefit of Lisa Marie’s children, a Graceland spokesperson said. “Nothing will change with the operation or management,” the representative said in an email.
She has carried on the Presley Christmas tradition, although her only son is now buried there. The last person to live there died in 1993 – Elvis' 'Aunt Delta' – but the mansion had already been open to the public since 1982.
But Lisa Marie’s inheritance is complicated by a financial history as fraught as that of any rock star, and things could keep changing as it passes on to the next generation.
Presley is survived by her three daughters, actor Riley Keough and twins Harper and Finley Lockwood, from two different ex-husbands. Her stake in the estate, though diminished after past deals, is still sizable; in addition to Graceland, she retained ownership of her father’s costumes, cars, awards and other possessions, according to the mansion’s website.
