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June Robertson selected her new Downtown apartment for the view.

Overlooking a parking lot, she can steal glimpses of a window with its curtains drawn - the teenage home of Elvis Presley.

Before moving to Uptown Square (formerly known as Lauderdale Courts), she requested an apartment next to the former rock legend’s old home. But so far she’s satisfied just being on what she calls “hallowed ground.”

“I can’t believe I’m here. It’s like a dream come true,” said Robertson.

A petite Brit, her youthful giddiness when talking about Presley belies her 56 years. Since hearing ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ at the age of 8, in northern England, she has been infatuated with The King. And every inch of her second-floor apartment shows it.

One of the first tenants to move into the newly renovated apartments, Robertson’s home is all Elvis. There’s an Elvis throw pillow on her couch and Elvis images cover every inch of her walls.

She collects anything Elvis and books on The King are stacked high on shelves while a video about his life blares on the television.

Robertson’s Presley memorabilia collection includes family photos, a cigar butt, autographed photos and a baby blue scarf he threw to the audience during a show.

The collection includes a pair of men’s white briefs. Robertson bought them from one of Elvis’s former housekeepers who said she used his old underwear as dust rags.

However, her favorite item is in a frame over the bed. It’s a pricey lock of Presley’s hair, sold by his old barber.

“My whole life I’ve strived to be like him. He had the heart of a hundred men,” said Robertson.

Working as a personal assistant to an entrepreneur in Olive Branch, Robertson has a resume littered with references to the rich and famous. She spent more than three years employed by the royal family at Buckingham Palace, was personal assistant to Kathy Hilton (mother of Paris Hilton), was a maid to Frank Sinatra’s widow, as well as a Hollywood nanny for 15 years.

With her hair pulled back, sporting a pink button-down shirt and pearl earrings, it’s not hard to imagine Robertson rubbing elbows with high society.

The only thing that seems out of place is the tattoo that peeks out from under her watch band, reading ‘Elvis’ in small script.

Moving to Memphis from Los Angeles more then three years ago, Robertson had been living in Germantown. But when she heard about the apartments where Presley lived from 1949 to 1953 becoming available, she couldn’t resist.

When she first told a friend she was moving to the former home of her idol, Robertson was told she was crazy.

“I said, ‘You’ve forgotten how to be young. I’ve found my teenage self again in Memphis’,” she said.

But Robertson admits she was a little hesitant to make the move until her current employer convinced her with a trip to Graceland.

And although she has since acquired a year-round pass that permits daily admission to Graceland, she has a new way of paying her respects to the late legend, she said. Every evening she takes a few minutes to sit on the steps of his former apartment and quietly reflect on his life.

“It’s the magic in his voice. It’s all magic, the way he looks, the way he talks, the way he sings,” she said.

Proud to call herself an “Original Fan,” Robertson is surprised that more fans like herself haven’t scooped up apartments at Uptown Square.

“The greatest thing is to be able to walk where he walked and go where he went,” she said.

Having read more than 100 books written on Presley’s life, she feels there are many reasons to love him.

Robertson’s daughter has traveled from Los Angeles to celebrate Elvis Week with her mother. “He is the biggest part of my life,” said Robertson. “Every week for me is Elvis Week.”