Prince Harry visited Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley in 2014. An experience that did not live up to his expectations, as he recently revealed in his autobiography.
- Prince Harry visited Elvis Presley’s home in 2014.
- He confided that he had found the place “dark and claustrophobic“.
- Prince Harry’s remarks about Graceland have been heavily criticized.
In 1957, Elvis Presley bought Graceland Estate, located in Memphis, Tennessee. An imposing residence in which he died on August 16, 1977, at the age of 42. Since 1982, the property has been converted into a museum open to the public and King fans come from all over the world to visit places. This is for example the case of prince Harry, prince William and their cousins Eugenie and Beatrice.
Indeed, the royal family had visited the wedding of Guy Pelly and Lizzy Wilson in the United States in 2014. Before the ceremony, they had decided to visit the house of Elvis Presley. A particularly disappointing moment for Lady Diana’s second son. “People called the house a castle, a mansion, a palace, but it reminded me of a badger hole. I was walking around saying, ‘The king lived here, you say? Truly ?‘” Prince Harry recalled in his biography.
Prince Harry: “The architect of the King must have been on acid”.
Very critical, Prince Harry did not hesitate to give more details about his visit to Graceland in his book. “I was standing in a small room with noisy furniture and a shag carpet and I thought, ‘The architect of the King must be on acid‘” he explained before calling the place “dark and claustrophobic“.
Particularly shocking remarks, while the house of the interpreter of Jailhouse Rock became an emblematic place. After the release of Prince Harry’s autobiography and the death of Lisa-Marie Presley, the British press did not hesitate to take up the words of the 38-year-old man. “This man’s arrogance knows no bounds.“said Nile Gardner, journalist for the Telegram. About what escalate the situationwhile the husband of Meghan Markle is already strongly criticized.