Was Elvis really the king of the gipsies?

Was Elvis really the king of the gipsies?


In an attempt to boost "the inclusion of Gypsy, Roma and traveller children and young people", Lord Adonis, the schools minister, has approved the distribution in classrooms of 23,000 copies of a magazine which claims that Elvis was a gipsy, along with Charlie Chaplin and Rita Hayworth.

Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month Magazine, which is part of an event funded by £70,000 of taxpayers' money, claims that the late singer's ancestors were Sinti, German gipsies who emigrated to America in the early 18th century.

It points out that his mother Gladys's maiden name was Smith, a surname used by many British Romanies.

Elvis, Chaplin and Hayworth are not the only famous figures to be claimed by the "travelling community". The magazine also suggests that Sir Henry Cooper was not the first man to floor Muhammad Ali when he was still Cassius Clay, but that Ali was also knocked down by a gipsy, John Frankham.

Actually, Ali never fought Frankham in the ring but hammed it up with him for a photograph in 1969, published in a gipsy newsletter four years later. Hence a legend was born.

"We can challenge myths, tackle prejudice and be in a position to offer a balanced debate about the issues," says Andrew Adonis, in support of the wider campaign to promote gipsy self-esteem, but David Altheer, the progenitor of the 2006 London International Gypsy Film Festival, considers "the promiscuous relabelling of various stars as gipsies rather ridiculous", pointing out that Elvis never claimed to be one,

He said Chaplin's boast of gipsy forebears was a spurious bid for exotic status, and Hayworth's parents were not Spanish gipsies, but Jews.


2008/07/09 by Tim Walker - www.telegraph.co.uk / www.epgold.com

Well this story was big in Luton!! I had the local radio station outside my door at 7am this morning!!!! asking for all the details!!! I put them straight! why why why.
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Mark Dobbs

Perhaps this is why one of Elvis' daughters was called Romanny?? Desiree Romanny. David Essex is also a Gypsy. Sophs.x

Lmao, I new Desiree was gonna make an apperance on this board again at some point x

It just sort of...came to me ...but true...never the less...she was called Romanny sweet name.

Unless DNA proves otherwise, the only child Elvis had was Lisa Marie.

As for this Gypsy rumour.

A complete waste of taxpayers money!!!

I thought Desiree had two DNA tests done...both positive. And Romanny was her name which she chose to have as her first name. I didnt know tax payers were paying for anything.

Sophie wrote:

I thought Desiree had two DNA tests done...both positive. And Romanny was her name which she chose to have as her first name. I didnt know tax payers were paying for anything.

There is no evidence that she took any DNA tests.

The article claims the research was funded by taxpayer's money but im sure it actually was from the Lottery fund.

Still, a complete waste of money.

Yes he offered to tarmac my drive as one day he had a bit left over

David Essex will always be King Of The Gipsies to me!!!!. xxx