As human beings, we’re all associated in some way, however some extra carefully than others. And would you consider it however Elvis Presley and King Charles III have such a connection by way of Lisa Marie Presley, who died at simply 54 in January.
According to the Genealogy web site Geni, the road goes as follows: Elvis Presley’s daughter Lisa Marie was married to her fourth husband, guitarist Michael Lockwood, from 2006-2021. And the couple had twin daughters Harper and Finley Lockwood.
Now Michael’s grandfather was Reverent Richard Cameron Lockwood, whose great-great-great grandfather was Henry Lockwood, who had a brother known as Ephraim Lockwood. This is the place the household tree peaks earlier than heading again right down to The King.
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Ephraim Lockwood was the daddy of Abigail Steenrod, the mom of Elizabeth Thompson, the mom of Colonel William P Thompson, the daddy of Elizabeth Preston, the mom of Jerome Preston. The latter married Alice “Kiki” Karslake, who was the long-time mistress of Prince George, Duke of Kent.
Kiki Gwynne, as she was as soon as referred to as a maiden, was a glamorous, drug-addicted American socialite and member of Kenya’s Happy Valley set. Rumours abounded that Prince George, the son of King George V and youthful brother of King Edward VIII and King George VI, fathered a love little one together with her that was miscarried.
Of course, King George VI was the daddy of Queen Elizabeth II, who was the mom of King Charles III, making Elvis Presley his nice uncle's ex-partner's husband's fifth cousin twice eliminated's spouse's father.
The King of Rock and Roll could not have been associated to The King of England till lengthy after his dying, however in life, he had no selection however to show down an invite to carry out for the monarch’s mom Queen Elizabeth II. Elvis was invited by The Crown to sing on the 1962 Royal Variety Performance alongside the likes of Bob Hope and Cliff Richard on the London Palladium.
Yet his supervisor Colonel Tom Parker rejected the chance, possible as a result of he was a Dutch unlawful immigrant who wouldn’t let his star carry out overseas out of worry he couldn’t reenter the USA. Elvis all the time needed to go to the UK to carry out, however solely set foot on British soil as soon as, when altering flights to Germany for his military service between 1958-60.
No doubt had he lived, the singer would have relished the chance of performing for The Queen – had he gone on to eliminate Colonel Parker later in life.
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