Celebrities Who Are Great-Grandparents: Priscilla Presley, Whoopi Goldberg and More

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Celebrities Who Are Great-Grandparents: Priscilla Presley, Whoopi Goldberg and More

Living legacies! While many celebrities in Hollywood are grandparents, only a special few get to meet the fourth generation of their family. Queen Elizabeth II was a great-grandmother of 12 before her death at age 96 in September 2022. Her Majesty, the longest reigning British monarch, not only spent significant time with her eight grandchildren and their kids, she also got to meet Prince William's son Prince George, who will inherit the throne after his father and grandfather. While her grandchildren referred to her as “Granny” — or the queen — Elizabeth received a special nickname from George himself: “Gan-Gan.” Prince Harry, meanwhile, named daughter Lilibet, born in June 2021, in part 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,] ‘At least Grannie is with Great-Grandpa now,’” the Princess of Wales told a group of children while greeting mourners, referring to the April 2021 death of the queen’s husband, Prince Philip. [jwplayer IqdMor60-zhNYySv2] In addition to her great-grandkids through William and Harry — William and Kate are also parents of daughter Princess Charlotte, while Harry and Meghan Markle are also mom and dad of Archie — the queen had seven other great-grandchildren: Savannah Phillips and Isla Phillips (daughters of Princess Anne’s son Peter Phillips and wife Autumn Kelly), Mia, Lena and Lucas Tindall (children 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 discovered 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 death at age 54. In her eulogy to her mom, Riley Keough wrote about her own daughter in the emotional speech, which was delivered by her husband, Ben Smith-Petersen, at her mother’s memorial service at Graceland. (Lisa Marie, who was Priscilla and Elvis Presley’s only child, died earlier that month after suffering cardiac arrest.) “Thank you for showing me that love is the only thing that matters in this life. I hope I can love my daughter the way you loved me, the way you loved my brother and my sisters,” Smith-Petersen read at the service on behalf of his wife. “Thank you for giving me strength, my heart, my empathy, my courage, my sense of humor, my manners, my temper, my wildness, my tenacity. I’m a product of your heart.” Keep scrolling to see other stars — including Whoopi Goldberg and M.J. Campbell, the true Kardashian-Jenner matriarch — who are great-grandparents.

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Celebrities Who Are Great-Grandparents: Priscilla Presley, Whoopi Goldberg and More

Living legacies! While many celebrities in Hollywood are grandparents, only a special few get to meet the fourth generation of their family. Queen Elizabeth II was a great-grandmother of 12 before her death at age 96 in September 2022. Her Majesty, the longest reigning British monarch, not only spent significant time with her eight grandchildren and their kids, she also got to meet Prince William's son Prince George, who will inherit the throne after his father and grandfather. While her grandchildren referred to her as “Granny” — or the queen — Elizabeth received a special nickname from George himself: “Gan-Gan.” Prince Harry, meanwhile, named daughter Lilibet, born in June 2021, in part 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,] ‘At least Grannie is with Great-Grandpa now,’” the Princess of Wales told a group of children while greeting mourners, referring to the April 2021 death of the queen’s husband, Prince Philip. [jwplayer IqdMor60-zhNYySv2] In addition to her great-grandkids through William and Harry — William and Kate are also parents of daughter Princess Charlotte, while Harry and Meghan Markle are also mom and dad of Archie — the queen had seven other great-grandchildren: Savannah Phillips and Isla Phillips (daughters of Princess Anne’s son Peter Phillips and wife Autumn Kelly), Mia, Lena and Lucas Tindall (children 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 discovered 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 death at age 54. In her eulogy to her mom, Riley Keough wrote about her own daughter in the emotional speech, which was delivered by her husband, Ben Smith-Petersen, at her mother’s memorial service at Graceland. (Lisa Marie, who was Priscilla and Elvis Presley’s only child, died earlier that month after suffering cardiac arrest.) “Thank you for showing me that love is the only thing that matters in this life. I hope I can love my daughter the way you loved me, the way you loved my brother and my sisters,” Smith-Petersen read at the service on behalf of his wife. “Thank you for giving me strength, my heart, my empathy, my courage, my sense of humor, my manners, my temper, my wildness, my tenacity. I’m a product of your heart.” Keep scrolling to see other stars — including Whoopi Goldberg and M.J. Campbell, the true Kardashian-Jenner matriarch — who are great-grandparents.

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Priscilla Presley

Priscilla became a great-grandma when her eldest granddaughter, Riley, became a mom. (In addition to Riley, Lisa Marie was also a parent of son Ben, who died by suicide in 2020, as well as twin daughters Harper and Finley).

“Thank you for showing me that love is the only thing that matters in this life. I hope I can love my daughter the way you loved me, the way you loved my brother and my sisters,” the Lodge actress wrote in a eulogy for her mom, Lisa Marie, that was read out loud by her husband at the singer’s Graceland memorial service.

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Whoopi Goldberg

The View cohost became a great-grandma in 2014. She was 58 years old at the time.

“Oh my God … Please my damn bobo!” the EGOT winner said via Instagram when introducing her great-grandchild, Charli Rose, to the world.

Though Goldberg only has one child, daughter Alex — from her marriage to ex-husband Alvin Martin — Alex went on to have three children herself. Charli is the daughter of Alex’s daughter Amarah Dean.

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Queen Elizabeth II

Prior to her death at age 96 in September 2022, Her Majesty was “Gan-Gan” to 12 great-grandchildren, including William and Kate’s three children: George (who is now third in line to the throne) Charlotte and Louis; and Harry and Meghan’s two children Archie and Lilibet, who was named in part after her great-grandmother.

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M.J. Campbell

The true matriarch of the Kardashian-Jenner clan isn’t Kris Jenner — it’s her mom, Mary Jo Campbell! “M.J.,” as she’s known to her grandkids and great-grandkids, has 12 great-grandchildren, all stemming from daughter Kris. (M.J. is also mom of Kris’ sister, Karen Houghton, whose daughter is the Kardashians’ first cousin, Natalie Zettel.)

M.J. frequently sees her grandchildren and her great-grandkids, often taking sweet snaps with the little ones and celebrating holidays with them. The California native is great-grandma to Kourtney Kardashian and ex Scott Disick’s three kids (Mason, Penelope and Reign), Kim Kardashian and ex-husband Kanye West’s four children (North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm), Khloé Kardashian’s two kids with ex Tristan Thompson (True and a baby boy), Rob Kardashian’s daughter with ex Black Chyna (Dream) and Kylie Jenner’s kids with ex Travis Scott (daughter Stormi and son Aire). She is also a step-great-grandma to Kourtney’s husband Travis Barker’s three children.

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George Bush Sr. and Barbara Bush

The late president and the late first lady — who died seven months apart in 2018 — were grandparents to 14 grandchildren, and great-grandparents to even more.

Jenna Bush Hager, who shares three children with husband Henry Chase Hager, paid tribute to her late “Gamps” via Instagram in 2019, noting what her daughter Mila, born in 2013, had to say about the elder Bush.

“We miss you Gampy, but as Mila said yesterday: ‘Don’t worry mama, he’s celebrating in heaven with Ganny,’” the Today With Hoda & Jenna cohost recalled.

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Kirk Douglas

The legendary actor died in 2020 at age 103. He has four sons — including Michael Douglas — seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild, Lua, whose parents are Michael’s son Cameron and girlfriend Viviane Thibes.