Actress Riley Keough has landed in Memphis, on the eve of her mother Lisa Marie Presley‘s funeral.
Keough, 33, arrived in a private jet shortly after her grandmother Priscilla Presley and her former stepfather Michael Lockwood landed.
Lockwood was Lisa Marie’s fourth and final husband, and the father of her 14-year-old twin daughters Harper and Finley. Keough’s father is Lisa Marie’s first husband, actor Danny Keough, who remained close to the troubled star and was living with her at the time of her death, performing CPR until paramedics arrived.
Keough was accompanied by her husband, Australian stuntman Ben Smith-Peterson.
Riley Keough, 33, was seen on Saturday for the first time since her mother’s death last week
Keough landed in Memphis on Saturday afternoon, ahead of her mother’s funeral scheduled for Sunday
Keough, who is based in Los Angeles, touched down in Memphis on board a private jet
The 33-year-old was carrying a baby, although she herself if not believed to have any children
Keough was accompanied by several friends and assistants ahead of the sombre family commemoration
Keough’s husband Ben Smith-Peterson, an Australian stuntman who she married in 2015, accompanied her
Keough and Smith-Peterson met on the set of Mad Max, in which they both starred
Priscilla Presley looked glamorous in black and spiked heels as she arrived in Memphis
She also appeared to be carrying a baby, although she herself does not have children.
Dressed down in sweatpants, with her hair loose, Keough lit a cigarette outside the airport.
It was the first time she had been seen since her mother’s death on January 12, aged 54.
Lisa Marie suffered a cardiac arrest at her Calabasas home, and died in hospital in Los Angeles. Her mother Priscilla, 77, was by her side and the family, on being told she was brain dead, made the decision to sign a Do Not Resuscitate order.
Lisa Marie will be buried at Graceland on Sunday next to her father and her son Benjamin, Riley’s brother, who died by suicide aged 27 in July 2020.
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Presley’s body will be on display to the public during the celebration of life at the family’s Graceland estate.
‘I keep going for my girls’: Back on August 30, Lisa revealed she makes a conscious choice every single day to stay alive for her 33-year-old daughter and 14-year-old fraternal twin daughters Harper Vivienne Ann and Finley Aaron Love (pictured in 2021)
Lisa Marie is seen with her four children: twins Harper and Finley, now 14; Riley, 33; and Benjamin, who killed himself in July 2020 aged 27
Priscilla, 77, arrived like her granddaughter by private jet. She was at Lisa Marie’s bedside when she died last week
Priscilla, who was married to Elvis from 1967-73, traveled with a large contingent of friends and aides
The group got into a waiting car at Memphis airport, ahead of Sunday’s funeral
Lisa Marie’s gray marble sarcophagus is sitting next to her burial spot and is the exact same as her son’s. Photos of the pair together have been placed in front of their monuments.
Benjamin’s resting place had to be moved slightly to accommodate his mother’s.
The plaque that will cover the gravesite is currently covered with a tarp for protection.
The family is reportedly hosting a private ceremony ahead of the public one at 9am on Sunday.
A stage has been constructed for the public service on the front lawn with a podium. Hundreds of seats have been set out around it and screens have been put up around the burial site.
Keough posted a touching tribute post on Instagram on Friday for her mother – the first time she’s acknowledged her death.
She posted a photo of her mother looking adoringly down at her as a small child while she gazed back with a soft smile on her face.
Presley’s oldest child simply captioned the heartbreaking post with a red heart.
Presley grew up fearing her own mortality after she found her father dead at the age of nine, traumatizing her.
She often spoke of her own death and even referred to the backyard at the Graceland estate as a ‘graveyard.’
