Hundreds gather to mourn Lisa Marie Presley at Graceland memorial service

Hundreds of mourners gathered in Graceland on a chilly, grey Sunday morning to pay their respects to singer Lisa Marie Presley at the Memphis, Tennessee, mansion she inherited from her father, rock legend Elvis Presley.

Presley died on 12 January at the age of 54. Earlier that day, she had been rushed to a Los Angeles-area hospital after reportedly suffering cardiac arrest at her home. She is survived by her daughters, actress Riley Keough and 14-year-old twins Finley and Harper Lockwood.

Two days before her death, she had appeared with her mother, Priscilla Presley, at the Golden Globe awards in Beverly Hills, California, where actor Austin Butler won the best actor award for portraying her father in the film Elvis. Butler paid tribute to both women in his acceptance speech.

Presley began her music career in the 2000s with two albums, To Whom It May Concern and Now What, that made the top 10 of the Billboard 200 album chart.

She was married and divorced four times, including to pop star Michael Jackson and actor Nicholas Cage.

Presley was only nine years old when Elvis died.

Some mourners on the front lawn of Graceland on Sunday held flowers as the service got underway under tall trees at the home where Lisa Marie lived as a child with her father.

The mansion is a museum and tourist attraction that hundreds of thousands of fans visit each year to celebrate the life and music of Elvis, who died in 1977.

The property in south Memphis was a place of sadness and somber memories under the heavy skies and the service began with the singing of Amazing Grace by Jason Clark & The Tennessee Mass Choir.

Among those addressing mourners were Priscilla Presley and also Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, a long time friend of Lisa Marie, and singers Billy Corgan, Alanis Morissette and Axl Rose.

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