{"id":37391,"date":"2025-09-23T00:34:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T00:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/37391\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T00:34:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T00:34:07","slug":"priscilla-presley-dedicates-new-book-to-loved-ones-excludes-granddaughters-riley-finley-and-harper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/37391\/","title":{"rendered":"Priscilla Presley Dedicates New Book to Loved Ones \u2014 Excludes Granddaughters Riley, Finley and Harper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Priscilla Presley\u2019s new memoir was dedicated to several important people in her life, but she failed to mention her three granddaughters \u2013 Riley Keough, and Harper and Finley Lockwood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cTo those who have left us: My precious daughter, Lisa Marie; My beautiful mother, Ann; My sweet grandson, Benjamin,\u201d Priscila, 80, wrote in the dedication for Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis. \u201cElvis, who is with me still. And to my beloved son, Navarone, who comforts me in their absence. I love you all tenderly, deeply, and eternally. I carry you in my heart every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While at first glance, it seemed as though Priscilla was only mentioning those in her life who had passed away, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/priscilla-presley-son-navarone-garcia-171815966.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:her son, Navarone;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">her son, Navarone<\/a>, whom she shares with Marco Garibaldi, is still alive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The dedication\u2019s omission quickly led to raised eyebrows, due to Keough and Priscilla\u2019s rift that occurred shortly after Lisa Marie Presley\u2019s death in January 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/riley-keough-slams-priscilla-presley-164122653.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Globe previously reported;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Globe previously reported<\/a>, Priscilla\u2019s former business associates \u2014 Brigitte Kruse and Kevin Fialko \u2014 submitted a typed letter they claim Keough sent to her grandmother as part of an amended complaint in their <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalenquirer.com\/broke-priscilla-presley-accused-of-burning-through-millions-with-lavish-lifestyle-in-new-lawsuit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:$50 million lawsuit against her;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">$50 million lawsuit against her<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Vintage photo of Lisa Marie Presley sitting beside Priscilla Presley, who holds a baby on her lap while wearing a wide-brimmed hat.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"667\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/26c0e3f529c20e4d11d6c5f4bcecb17f.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Mega Agency<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cUnfortunately Nona as you are taking me to court I am being forced to defend my mother\u2019s wishes legally and publicly which would not have been my choice,\u201d the letter Kruse and Fialko claim was written by Keough read. \u201cIt is really hurtful that after years of me trying to resolve your and my mother\u2019s broken relationship and restore our family, you are taking me, of all the people to court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Priscilla and Keough eventually settled the lawsuit, with Priscilla getting a $1 million lump sum, as well as $100,000 a year to be a special advisor to Keough.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Priscilla\u2019s lawyer, Martin D. Singer, previously told Globe, \u201cThis lawsuit concerns Ms. Presley\u2019s claims against Ms. Kruse (and her co-conspirators) in which she alleges that Ms. Kruse engaged in a relentless and calculated campaign of elder abuse and fraud in order to take control of Ms. Presley\u2019s finances for her own benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cMs. Kruse\u2019s allegations are absurd and despicable, but unfortunately, are not surprising,\u201d Singer continued. \u201cMs. Presley looks forward to holding Ms. Kruse and her co-conspirators liable for their wrongful acts.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Priscilla Presley\u2019s new memoir was dedicated to several important people in her life, but she failed to mention&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[288,27430,93,61,60,28722,28723,7291,27429],"class_list":{"0":"post-37391","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-brigitte-kruse","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-lisa-marie","14":"tag-navarone","15":"tag-priscilla-presley","16":"tag-riley-keough"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}