Elvis Presley's Bird Room was home to a cheeky species he was particularly fond of, in a space that's not on the usual Graceland tour.

After the singer's death in 1977, the executors of his estate found that the mansion's exorbitant operating costs proved difficult to maintain, so they decided to open Graceland for tours in 1982.

Express.co.uk previously took part in a virtual live tour of the Graceland mansion and we asked on-site archivist Angie Marchese ourselves what was in the roof. The Elvis expert replied ...

Our tour builds to a crescendo with an after-hours romp through the interiors of Graceland, where we have the house to ourselves. Stepping into the plush cream lobby, all is pin-drop quiet.

Elvis had the latter erected behind the Memphis mansion in September 1975 for ... Express.co.uk previously took part in one ...

Graceland opened its doors to fans for tours 43 years ... the upstairs of the mansion where Elvis Presley died, but some secret spaces have only been witnessed by fans on virtual tours.