Lisa Marie Presley wanted daughter Riley, not Priscilla, to take over legacy: Graceland exec - Fox News

Lisa Marie Presley, the lone kid of icon Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley, trusted her girl Riley to transportation connected the family’s bequest alternatively of her mother.

On February 1, which would’ve been Lisa Marie’s 55th birthday, a managing spouse astatine Elvis Presley Enterprises, Joel Weinshanker, revealed the precocious singer’s past wishes.

Before her death, Joel claimed that Lisa Marie was "very, precise rather definite and rather nonstop astir who she wanted to person the bequest [left] to."

"That was ever Riley and Ben. There was ne'er a question successful her caput that they would beryllium the stewards, that they would look astatine it precisely the mode she did. Obviously, erstwhile Ben passed, it truly sat with Riley," helium said during an quality connected SiriusXM’s "Elvis Radio."

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Lisa Marie Presley, the lone kid of icon Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley, trusted her girl Riley to transportation connected the family’s bequest alternatively of her mother. (Instagram)

"Although Riley is simply a movie star, she's an award-winning director, she had ever had an involvement and had ever known that 1 day, she would beryllium successful complaint of [things]."

After her caller decease connected January 12, Lisa Marie’s daughters Riley, Harper and Finley volition person Graceland, which is successful a trust, a typical for Graceland confirmed with Fox News Digital.

Lisa Marie antecedently removed Priscilla and a erstwhile concern manager arsenic trustees and replaced them with her 2 oldest children, Riley Keough and Benjamin Keough, if she died oregon became incapacitated. (Getty Images)

"Lisa Marie’s daughters inherit everything," the rep continued.

Joel got candid astir the Presley household and noted that Elvis wanted his lone girl Lisa Marie to support his bequest alive.

"When Elvis passed away, helium near everything to his small girl. He did truthful knowing that she would beryllium the 1 to support his bequest going," helium remarked. 

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"I tin archer you that she has, without falter, nary substance what other was happening successful her life, successful her career, ever been the 1 to look astatine what was champion for Elvis...regardless of what idiosyncratic other was trying to do, careless of what different household subordinate [was trying to] do."

Meanwhile, Priscilla Presley spoke retired connected her daughter’s day and stated she plans to "keep our household together" arsenic she continues to mourn Lisa Marie.

"Today would person been Lisa’s 55th birthday. My privation is to support my 3 grandchildren and support our household together," she told Fox News Digital successful part.

LISA MARIE PRESLEY, ELVIS AND PRISCILLA'S ONLY CHILD, DEAD AT 54

A managing spouse astatine Elvis Presley Enterprises, Joel Weinshanker, got candid astir the Presley household and noted that Elvis wanted his lone girl Lisa Marie to support his bequest alive. (Getty Images)

Priscilla Presley’s comments travel arsenic she has filed documents to quality who oversees her precocious daughter's estate.

The documents were filed successful January successful the Los Angeles Superior Court to quality the validity of a 2016 amendment to Lisa Marie's surviving trust.

Lisa Marie antecedently removed Priscilla and a erstwhile concern manager arsenic trustees and replaced them with her 2 oldest children, Riley Keough and Benjamin Keough, if she died oregon became incapacitated.

Lisa Marie's son, Benjamin Keough, died successful 2020.

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"... I deliberation what we request to bash connected her day is grant her words. Those were her words, not mine, and it's thing that we each privation to deliberation astir going forward... What we request to bash is we request to grant the ones that grant Elvis, and that was always, ever his daughter, Lisa."

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Fox News Digital has reached retired to reps for Priscilla Presley and Riley Keough for comment.