A living legacy! While many celebrities in Hollywood are grandparents, very few get to meet the fourth generation of their family.
Queen Elizabeth II was the great-grandmother of 12 years before she died at the age of 96 in September 2022. The King, the longest-serving monarch of England, not only spent important time with her eight grandchildren and children, she also got to meet them. Prince WilliamPrince George’s son, who will inherit the throne after his father and grandfather.
When her grandchildren refer to her as “Grandma” – or queen – Elizabeth receives a special nickname from George himself: “Gan-Gan.” Prince HarryMeanwhile, the daughter’s name is Lilibet, born in June 2021, partly after her beloved grandmother.
After his death, Princess Kate revealed that she and William’s youngest son, Prince Louis, shared a happy thought at Elizabeth’s death.
“[Louis said,] ‘At least Grandma is with Grandpa now,'” the Princess of Wales told a group of children as she greeted mourners, referring to the April 2021 death of the queen’s husband, Prince Philip.
In addition to great-grandchildren through William and Harry – William and Kate are also the parents of Princess Charlotte’s daughter, while Harry and Meghan Markle as well as Archie’s mother and father – the queen has other great-grandchildren: Savannah Phillips and Isla Phillips (daughter of Princess Annehis son Peter Phillips and wife Autumn Kelly), Mia, Lena and Lucas Tindall (daughter of Princess Anne Zara Tindall and your husband Mike Tindall), August Philip (son of Prince Andrewhis daughter Princess Eugenie and your husband Jack Brooksbank) and Sienna (Prince Andrew’s daughter Princess Beatrice and your husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi).
The world is discovered Priscilla Presley as a great-grandfather – and Lisa Marie Presley as a grandmother – amid the January 2023 tragedy of the death of the “Lights Out” singer at the age of 54.
In his eulogy for his mother, Riley Keough wrote about his own daughter in an emotional speech, given by his wife, Ben Smith-Petersen, at his mother’s memorial service at Graceland. (Lisa Marie, the only child of Priscilla and Elvis Presley, died earlier that month after suffering a heart attack.)
“Thank you for showing me that love is the only thing that matters in this life. I hope I can love my daughter as you love me, as you love my brother and sister,” read Smith-Petersen in the service for his wife. “Thank you for giving me strength, heart, empathy, courage, sense of humor, manners, temper, messiness, tenacity. I am a product of your heart.”
Keep scrolling to see more stars – included Whoopi Goldberg and MJ Campbellthe real Kardashian-Jenner matriarch — who happens to be a grandpa.