Dwelling legacies! Whereas many celebrities in Hollywood are grandparents, solely a particular few get to fulfill the fourth era of their household.
Queen Elizabeth II was a great-grandmother of 12 earlier than her demise at age 96 in September 2022. Her Majesty, the longest reigning British monarch, not solely spent vital time together with her eight grandchildren and their youngsters, she additionally obtained to fulfill Prince William‘s son Prince George, who will inherit the throne after his father and grandfather.
Whereas her grandchildren referred to her as “Granny” — or the queen — Elizabeth acquired a special nickname from George himself: “Gan-Gan.” Prince Harry, in the meantime, named daughter Lilibet, born in June 2021, partially after his beloved grandmother.
After Her Majesty’s passing, Princess Kate revealed that her and William’s youngest son, Prince Louis, shared a comforting thought in the wake of Elizabeth’s death.
“[Louis said,] ‘Not less than Grannie is with Nice-Grandpa now,’” the Princess of Wales advised a gaggle of kids whereas greeting mourners, referring to the April 2021 demise of the queen’s husband, Prince Philip.
Along with her great-grandkids by way of William and Harry — William and Kate are additionally dad and mom of daughter Princess Charlotte, whereas Harry and Meghan Markle are additionally mother and pop of Archie — the queen had seven different great-grandchildren: Savannah Phillips and Isla Phillips (daughters of Princess Anne’s son Peter Phillips and spouse Autumn Kelly), Mia, Lena and Lucas Tindall (kids of Princess Anne’s daughter Zara Tindall and husband Mike Tindall), August Philip (son of Prince Andrew’s daughter Princess Eugenie and husband Jack Brooksbank) and Sienna (daughter of Prince Andrew’s daughter Princess Beatrice and husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi).
The world found Priscilla Presley was a great-grandma — and that Lisa Marie Presley was a grandmother — amid the January 2023 tragedy of the “Lights Out” singer’s demise at age 54.
In her eulogy to her mother, Riley Keough wrote about her own daughter within the emotional speech, which was delivered by her husband, Ben Smith-Petersen, at her mom’s memorial service at Graceland. (Lisa Marie, who was Priscilla and Elvis Presley’s solely baby, died earlier that month after struggling cardiac arrest.)
“Thanks for displaying me that love is the one factor that issues on this life. I hope I can love my daughter the way in which you liked me, the way in which you liked my brother and my sisters,” Smith-Petersen learn on the service on behalf of his spouse. “Thanks for giving me power, my coronary heart, my empathy, my braveness, my humorousness, my manners, my mood, my wildness, my tenacity. I’m a product of your coronary heart.”
Maintain scrolling to see different stars — together with Whoopi Goldberg and M.J. Campbell, the true Kardashian-Jenner matriarch — who’re great-grandparents.
