Riley Keough has been seen for the first time since settling her infamous feud with grandmother Priscilla Presley over her mother Lisa Marie Presley’s estate.
The Daisy Jones and Six actress shared photos of herself on Instagram over the weekend.
The red-haired beauty was in Mexico City for a Dior event.
She was wearing a white dress with long flowing hair as she stood next to a colorful background as. In other pictures, she is seen with her husband. And the singer was also spotted sitting on a low stool.
“Gracias @dior for the most beautiful show in Mexico City,” Elvis Presley’s granddaughter wrote in her caption.
Last week bitter family feud between Priscilla, 77 over the deceased’s multi-million dollar estate Lisa Marie Eno.
Lawyers for Elvis’ widow and Riley announced in a Los Angeles court that the two had “reached a settlement.”
“Riley is relieved to have settled the dispute over her mother’s estate. She doesn’t want any drama with her grandma,” the insider informed people.
Riley is “still grieving for her mother,” who died shockingly at the age of 54 in January after suffering a cardiac arrest at her home in Calabasas.
When the legal battle between Riley and Priscilla broke out, the former was “hoping they could reach a settlement quickly,” the source added.
At Lisa Marie’s memorial service, Riley and her husband Ben Smith-Petersen went public with the arrival of their new daughter.
People’s source shared that the flare-up between grandmother and granddaughter “has been very hard on” Riley.
“Now she wants to focus on making memories with her own daughter,” an insider revealed to the magazine. “That’s her priority.”
“Priscilla is happy,” her lawyer Ronson Chamoun told DailyMail.com when the settlement was reached. “Families are happy and united, together and excited for the future.”
Asked if Riley was also happy with the settlement, her lawyer Justin Gold told DailyMail.com: “She wouldn’t have agreed to the settlement if she wasn’t happy with it.”
Just two weeks after Lisa Marie’s death in January, her mother Priscilla filed a legal challenge to her daughter’s will — which gives control of Lisa Marie’s wealthy Promenade Trust to her daughter Riley.
Riley, who was reportedly furious when her grandmother went to court to protest the will, did not file an objection to Priscilla’s challenge.
And on Tuesday, it became clear why: She and her grandmother have buried the hatchet and ironed out their differences.
It is unlikely that the terms of their settlement will become known to outsiders. After announcing to Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lynn Scaduto that there was a settlement between the two, Gold added that he plans to file a motion to seal the details of the settlement to keep them from the public eye.
Lawyers also announced in court Tuesday that the women had reached a settlement over a second trust involving Lisa Marie’s insurance policies — believed to total $35 million.
Judge Scaduto scheduled a hearing for August 4 to give formal approval to both settlements.
Riley has always supported her mother during a drawn-out, often nasty divorce and child custody battles with her fourth husband, musician Michael Lockwood, 61, father of Lisa Marie’s twin, 14-year-old daughters, Finley and Harper.
Priscilla and Lisa Marie were reportedly “barely on speaking terms” just before the latter’s death, after Priscilla sided with Lockwood for custody of the twins.
Multiple sources told People that mother and daughter have not been on speaking terms, despite appearing at numerous events together, including the premiere of the Elvis biopic starring Austin Butler.
“Riley has always been on her mother’s side when it comes to Michael (Lockwood),” a source told the magazine. “She was worried that her grandmother and Michael flew in together for (Lisa Marie’s) funeral.”
Priscilla also helped Michael enter the ceremony at Elvis’ famous home, Graceland, against her late daughter’s wishes.
“Michael wasn’t invited,” a close friend of Lisa Marie told People. “He came to Memphis under the pretense of escorting the twins—and made his way inside with Priscilla’s help.”
“The last thing Lisa Marie would have wanted was for Michael to attend.”
The rift between Riley and her grandmother began when Priscilla went to court — just days after Lisa Marie’s memorial service — to challenge her daughter’s decision in 2016 to amend her will, removing Priscilla and her former manager Barry Siegel as trustees and replace them with Riley.
The will contained the rights to the Graceland estate and a 15 percent stake in Elvis Presley Enterprises.
Lisa Marie also had two life insurance policies, one said to be worth $25 million and another for $10 million.
In addition to replacing Priscilla as trustee and excluding her from the will, Lisa Marie’s 2016 amendment also named Riley’s brother Benjamin as the other trustee.
However, Benjamin committed suicide in 2020, leaving Riley as the sole heir.
Priscilla’s counterpetition to the court questions the “authenticity and validity” of the trust, claiming Lisa Marie’s signature is “inconsistent,” and wants her reinstated as trustee.
The grandmother-of-four also claims she didn’t know Lisa Marie had changed the trust in 2016 until her daughter died.
If Priscilla’s request were granted, she and Riley would become co-trustees of Lisa Marie’s estate.
Last month, Judge Scaduto granted Lockwood’s petition to be appointed “guardian ad litem” of Harper and Finley — allowing him to represent the girls over their mother’s hotly contested estate.
Harper and Finley are beneficiaries of Lisa Marie’s trust, while their father, Lockwood, is not.
But being named their legal guardian gives him control of his daughters’ inheritance – at least until they reach the age of 18 – and his second chance to share in the Presley fortune after his first came up short in his divorce .
Lisa Marie – Elvis’ only child – filed for divorce from Lockwood in 2016 after 10 years of marriage. The two spent years fighting over finances and were still negotiating child support for the twins until her death.
Lockwood asked the divorce court in 2018 to order Lisa Marie to pay him $263,000 a year in spousal support so he can “enjoy a lifestyle closer to my marital status” — which includes lavish entertainment, expensive vacations and flying in private jets.
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