Elvis Presley's ex-wife Priscilla speaks out on feud rumours with granddaughter Riley following dispute
Priscilla Presley has spoken out about her family ties
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Following her death earlier this year, Lisa-Marie Presley's will was the subject of much scrutiny.
Unbeknownst to her mother Priscilla Presley, an amendment had been made to the will which placed her children Riley and Benjamin Keough as trustees.
Elvis Presley's ex-wife filed a petition soon after as she queried the "authenticity and validity" of the changes to her late daughter's will.
The amendment, which was made in 2016, removed her mother and former business manager Barry Siegel from its contents and in the terms of the trust, Priscilla and Siegel were supposed to be informed of any changes.
Four months after the petition was made, Keough and her grandmother came to an agreement over the estate - Keough's brother died in 2020 by suicide.
What followed was mass speculation that the dispute had driven a wedge between the granddaughter and grandmother duo, something the 78-year-old has now debunked.
Riley Keough is also a well-known actor like her grandfather having starred in Daisy Jones and The Six
PAShe said of the ordeal: "Riley is now the executor, which should be right, obviously, being her daughter.
"Riley and I are on good terms. We were never not on good terms. That was all publicity," she added to The Hollywood Reporter.
"This is private and this is not something to fool around with and say that we’re not agreeing.
"In fact, I’m having dinner with [Keough] tonight. We understand what needs to be done. I’m there for her. She knows that. She wants me there for her to help her."
Keough had echoed the same sentiment in a separate interview she'd conducted with Vanity Fair a few weeks prior to her grandmother's.
She told the publication: "Things with Grandma will be happy. They’ve never not been happy.
"She was a huge part of creating my grandfather’s legacy and Graceland. He was the love of her life.
"Anything that would suggest otherwise in the press makes me sad because, at the end of the day, all she wants is to love and protect Graceland and the Presley family and the legacy."
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The former actor's quotes come ahead of her life story which - in a similar vein to the King of Rock And Roll - is being brought to screens in a feature-length biopic later this year.
The new movie is written and directed by Sofia Coppola and aims to tell the story of their much-publicised romance from her point of view.
It will debut at the Venice Film Festival in September before a theatrical release in October.
Lisa-Marie Presley died at the age of 54 on January 12 of a bowel obstruction the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's office announced.