On the star-studded Graceland memorial service for her shut buddy, Lisa Marie Presley, Sarah Ferguson was readily available to supply just a few royal phrases. The duchess and ex-wife of Prince Andrew spoke on the ceremony Sunday, the place she shared just a few phrases from her late mother-in-law, Queen Elizabeth II. “My late mother-in-law used to say that nothing might be stated, can start to remove the anguish and the ache of those moments, as a result of grief is the worth we pay for love,” she stated. “And the way proper she was.”
Ferguson was quoting an announcement that the queen launched within the aftermath of the 9/11 assaults, which was additionally repeated by Prince William when she died in September 2022. In Ferguson’s remarks, she talked about that she and Presley referred to as one another “sissy,” including she hung out with Finley and Harper, Presley’s two youthful daughters together with her ex-husband Michael Lockwood. “I stand right here with nice honor as a result of we referred to as one another ‘sissy,’” Ferguson stated. “I’ve been with [Finley and Harper] for all of your lives actually and I stand right here with nice honor.”
Her remarks additionally honored the opposite members of Presley’s household, together with her mom, Priscilla Presley, and her daughter, Riley Keough, who introduced for the primary time that she not too long ago welcomed a daughter. “We take a look at Priscilla as a mom to Lisa Marie. We glance to Lisa Marie, and say, you misplaced a son,” Ferguson stated. “Moms dropping kids—there are not any phrases for it. As we speak we speak about motion, and motion is the best way we are able to go ahead. For Riley, for Harper and Finley, and for the complete household, we march ahead in help of you—all of us are with you and we’ll assist you as finest we are able to. For those who put out your hand we will probably be there.”
Presley and Ferguson reportedly grew to become buddies when Presley moved to England with Lockwood, after shopping for an East Sussex property in 2010. “The 2 hit it off from the start. They grew shut and saved in contact even when Lisa Marie moved again to the USA,” a buddy Ferguson informed Leisure Tonight, including that Lisa Marie was “one of many few individuals who reached out to her throughout a few of her troublesome occasions.”
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