A TALE OF A PRINCE, THE KING, AND THE MASTER
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Likewise, there are some indications of Wallis in Elvis:


Both shared a love of glitz and glitter which resulted in some truly atrocious dress and jewelry; Wallis’ wedding trousseau included seventy dresses of a "vulgar design with patterns of lobsters and butterflies on white or silver backgrounds." Elvis' dress, while never sedate, was its most flamboyant in his youth — "pink shirts matched with green pants and a striped jacket; plaids and polka dots freely mixed." Unlike Wallis, Elvis knew not everyone shared his taste and once remarked, "At least it’ll be easy to spot me if I ever get run over."

Both attracted rather unsavory hangers-on. Elvis was attended by the "Memphis Mafia" and frequently had to pay off individuals who suffered through encounters with these "bodyguards". In Wallis’ case, the most bizarre follower was Jimmy Donahue, characterized by one of the Duke’s more charitable biographers as an "epicene gigolo" with an "insatiable appetite for night clubs and other species of nocturnal revelry."


Finally, the Master and the King share immortality. While there has been much scoffing over the idea that Elvis still lives, any true Sherlockian will feel comfortable with the concept. And, of course, there is a Biblical precedent for an immortal Father begetting an immortal Son. In fact, I like to think that the Master took pity on the sad figure his son had become and spirited him away from the clutches of Colonel Parker to restore him to health and serenity on the Sussex Downs.


So let me ask you to raise your glasses in a birthday toast to the Master and his second son — Elvis Aaron Presley!

— Susan Z. Diamond

 

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