Graceland: Take a live virtual tour of Elvis' Memphis home
During Elvis Presley’s lifetime, the Memphis Mafia and their families were free to come and go at his home of Graceland. However, the upstairs (which remains off-limits to the public to this day) was his private space. In fact, it turns out The King had one-way mirrors installed at the entrance to his haven to ensure his total privacy.
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Earlier this month, Express.co.uk took part in a virtual live tour of the Graceland mansion.
To our amazement, archivist Angie Marchese began leading the live stream camera up the staircase.
Of course, she couldn’t actually take us into Elvis’ bedroom, office and other rooms.
However, the Graceland expert did point out The King’s privacy wall on the upstairs landing to the right.
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Angie said: “One question that we always get a lot of is about the upstairs and something you might notice is this privacy wall right here.”
The King had the wall installed when he first moved into Graceland in 1957.
She added: “He really had an open-door policy that anyone he was friends with could use Graceland and have people come to Graceland.
“So, to ensure privacy upstairs he had this wall added and those mirrors you see are actually one-way mirrors where he could see out but no one could see in.”
From what we could see there was one of the one-way mirrors on the wall to the side of the staircase, while another looked down over it so that both horizontal and vertical angles were covered.