Austin Butler says Bafta success is ‘bittersweet’ after Lisa Marie Presley death

Austin Butler has said award season success for his starring role in Elvis was ‘bittersweet’ following the death of Lisa Marie Presley, after he took home the Bafta for best actor (Ian West/PA)

Austin Butler has said award season success for his starring role in Elvis was “bittersweet” following the death of Lisa Marie Presley, after he took home the Bafta for best actor.

Presley, the only child of Elvis, died last month at the age of 54 and was later laid to rest at her father’s Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee.