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Lisa Marie Presley's unexpected job serving food out of a Mr Chippy van

She might be the daughter of a rock and roll legend, who was once married to Michael Jackson, but Lisa Marie Presley's life hasn't been all glitz and glamour.

Lisa, whose father was Elvis Presley, famously helped out at a fish and chip van back in 2012, something which would have surprised the hungry punters - if they had actually recognised her.

She was spotted donning an apron and dishing out meals at Mr Chippy in Rotherfield, East Sussex, where she lived at the time.

Mr Chippy owner Kim Scales told Mail Online: "It was when she first moved to the village about two years ago.

"She is really interested in who people are and wanted to know all about our lives and how we live.

Lisa Marie said she was much happier after moving to the UK (Reuters)

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"We own the pub and a mobile fish and chip van, but she said she'd never heard of anything like it, and said she wanted to work on it.

"She got on there with her son, but we were all laughing because not one of the locals realised who it was."

Lisa also joined in a fun run held in aid of children's hospice Demelza House.

Kim added that Lisa "loves" fish and chips with a pint of Guinness, and often pops into the local pub to chat to everyone.

"It was nice for her to have that normal experience. She'd have never been able to do that in LA," she added.

She was spotted working at a chippie (WireImage)
Lisa Marie Presley with her musician ex-husband Michael Lockwood (WireImage)

However, she wasn't exactly a natural - she apparently got the fish upside down and made a mess while serving up, so she won't be offered a full-time job any time soon.

Lisa claimed she moved to her £9million home with her fourth husband, musician Michael Lockwood, to escape "self-absorbed" people in California.

She told BBC Radio 2: "I lived in the same neighbourhood for 17 years and I didn’t even know a neighbour.

"When I moved here I was getting notes and flowers. That’s what I love about it. It’s simple, it’s not flash, it was a quality of life I needed."

And she's much happier since moving to the countryside.

Elvis Presley with his wife Priscilla Beaulieu Presley and their daughter Lisa Marie when she was four days old (Michael Ochs Archives)

"We have found the quality of life so much more enriching and fulfilling," she said.

"The civility, the culture, the people and its beauty have reawakened me and have smoothed out some of my bleak and jagged views about people and life.

"I can honestly say I am the only person who came to England for the weather. I love the cold and the rain."

Lisa, who turns 54 on Tuesday, has since split from Michael.

She recently filed new court documents, obtained by TMZ, asking a judge to declare her single, having filed for divorce in June 2016.

The star has been separated from her estranged husband for nearly five years, but according to the latest documents, he 'refuses' to end their marriage.

She was previously married to Michael Jackson (Collect Unknown)
Lisa Marie and Michael Jackson snogged on stage to prove their love (AFP)

Lisa says there is no hope to reconcile with Michael and is requesting a bifurcation, which means 'separating marital status from other divorce issues'.

If the judge grants her request, Lisa and Michael will both be deemed single in the eyes of the law, while details of their divorce are finalised.

Previously, she was married to Michael Jackson from 1994-1996, and they initially kept their relationship a secret.

When they finally went public after tying the knot, many presumed it was to help fix Jackson's battered image in the wake of his out -of-court settlement with Jordie Chandler over child abuse allegations.

However, according to Lisa Marie, who was 27 when she got hitched - their love was the real deal.

Appearing on ABC's Primetime Live, they announced that they were truly besotted with each other and even planned to try for a baby.

"Do we have sex?" the blushing bride asked, to which both eagerly responded: "Yes! Yes! Yes!"

"Like we're faking this?" an outraged Jackson said.

His wife added: "How can you fake this 24 hours a day - sleeping with somebody, waking up with somebody? I'm not going to marry somebody for any reason other than the fact that I fall in love with them."

However, after the marriage ended with Lisa filing for divorce on the grounds of irreconcilable differences, she admitted she'd had a rethink, telling Rolling Stone: "I can tell you my intentions; I can't tell you what his were."

Lisa was also famously married to actor Nicolas Cage for just 107 days in 2002.

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