Elvis Presley hit rings out at Dowager Duchess of Devonshire’s funeral


How Great Thou Art, sang by the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll in 1967, was played during the service at St Peter’s Church, in Edensor, in memory of the Duchess, who passed away peacefully aged 94 last Wednesday.
The last of the famous Mitford sisters was a huge Elvis fan and owned a collection of Elvis souvenirs and artefacts, including a fence which came from Gracelands.
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Hide AdShe once said her obsession with Elvis “happened just by chance because I was looking at something else on the television and I switched on to Elvis and I was suddenly aware that he wasn’t just another pop star, he was just a genius of his kind.”