Lisa Marie and Fergie bonded over their exes' sex scandals

Inside the ‘sister-like’ relationship between Lisa Marie and Fergie who bonded over their exes’ sex scandals

• Lisa Marie Presley and Sarah Ferguson forged a ‘sister-like’ friendship 
• Elvis Presley’s only child with wife Priscilla first met the Duchess in 2007 
• They shared experience of their former partners being embroiled in sex scandals
• Lisa Marie died aged 54 on Thursday after multiple heart attacks

Lisa Marie Presley and Sarah Ferguson forged a ‘sister-like’ friendship through the shared experience of their former partners being embroiled in sex scandals, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

The Duchess of York is planning to fly to the US to attend the funeral of Elvis Presley’s only child at his Graceland estate in Tennessee.

Lisa Marie, who died aged 54 on Thursday after multiple heart attacks, had comforted Fergie, 63, as she dealt with the fallout over Prince Andrew’s relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

 From 1994 to 1996, Lisa Marie was married to pop superstar Michael Jackson, who was the subject of allegations of child abuse.

SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP: The picture with Lisa Marie that Fergie posted, along with a poignant message ‘From the moment they met there was an instant bond’

Lisa Marie Presley and Sarah Ferguson forged a ‘sister-like’ friendship through the shared experience of their former partners being embroiled in sex scandals, The Mail on Sunday can reveal

Last night a friend of the Duchess said: ‘Lisa Marie adored Fergie. From the moment they met there was an instant bond. She had been through so many scandals, as had Sarah. Sarah was there for her when Michael [Jackson] died [in 2009]. 

Lisa Marie had been through all the accusations that he was a paedophile but she went to her grave believing Michael was innocent. She was a rock for Sarah when the sex allegations against Prince Andrew were made.’

Lisa Marie’s eldest daughter, actress Riley Keough, 33, is close to Fergie’s daughters Beatrice and Eugenie. The friend said of Fergie: ‘She’s utterly heartbroken. They were as close as sisters. Sarah is planning to fly over to attend the funeral. 

They spoke almost daily on the phone. This was a precious friendship to both of them, which is why they kept it so private. Lisa Marie didn’t trust many people outside her family but loved Sarah.’

The 54-year-old was pictured at the Golden Globes on Tuesday, had been rushed to a hospital after EMTs responded to her home for a ‘full cardiac arrest’. She was pronounced dead a few hours later

In an Instagram post after Lisa Marie’s death, the Duchess posted a picture of the pair together, writing: ‘I say hello to you every day, and I love you, my sissy, and I will continue to say hello to you every day. You were my sissy, an amazing mother to Ben, Riley, Harper and Finley and a superbly loving daughter to Priscilla.

‘You have been my devoted friend for many years, and I am here for your family to support and love them. I am deeply saddened, my sissy, you are in my heart.’

Lisa Marie, Elvis Presley’s only child with wife Priscilla, first met the Duchess in 2007.

When Lisa Marie’s son Ben died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 2020 aged 27, Fergie wrote on social media: ‘You stayed with me in my darkest moment and I am here in yours.’

Lisa Marie, who battled cocaine and opioid addiction and was married four times, including to actor Nicolas Cage, had twin 14-year-old daughters Finley and Harper with musician Michael Lockwood. They divorced in 2021.

At the time of her death, he was claiming $40,000 a month in child support, which she said she could not afford. In court documents she claimed the $100 million fortune she inherited had all gone.

Lisa Marie’s funeral is expected to take place in a couple of weeks. The results of toxicology tests are due in four to six weeks.

Epstein sex slave Virginia Giuffre alleged she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew three times, including when she was 17. He has constantly and vehemently denied all claims.

Last year, he settled a US civil suit brought by Ms Giuffre for a reported £12 million without admitting any wrongdoing.

Michael Jackson was twice accused of being a paedophile and went through two high-profile legal cases.

He settled the first case out of court for $20 million and was acquitted by a jury in the second.

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