Elvis as a nickname was simply not enough for court usher Ray Colwell.

He officially changed his first name to Elvis - then decided to go all the way and is now legally known as Elvis Aaron Colwell Presley.

The 42-year-old, an Elvis impersonator in his spare time, is also trying to get his wife Fiona to change her name to Priscilla.

He has been called Elvis since he started working as an usher in Brighton in 1997.

He said: "There were two Rays and it got very confusing. In the end the bosses asked if they could call me Elvis because they knew I was off to do an Elvis competition.

"I thought 'yes, I'm really going for this'."

Solicitor Andreas Serghis suggested he should change his name officially and offered to help.

After becoming Elvis Colwell, the father-of-four decided to go further and added Aaron and Presley.

Mr Serghis said: "He was moaning so much about changing his name I decided to help him out with a change of name deed - and then we thought why not go the whole hog?"

Elvis, of Forge Close, Portslade, who has loved The King since he was a child, said: "I'm trying to get my wife to change her name to Priscilla but she's not having any of it. She doesn't like Elvis. She likes Madonna and all that stuff."

There is no escape for Fiona, 32, however. Every time she goes to the bank, staff ask: "How's Elvis?"

Her husband, now deputy court keeper at Brighton Magistrates Court, said: "My whole family call me Elvis.

"At first they laughed but now even the kids ask for Elvis when they ring up."

He had to change everything, including his birth certificate, bank cards and car insurance.

He said: "A lady left a perfectly normal message about changing my name on the car insurance then at the end she said 'thank you very much' in an Elvis voice. I thought that was really funny."

Now Elvis is growing his quiff ready for the finals of a major Elvis competition in Devon in October.

He said: "I love Elvis and I feel like him when I'm on stage. It's the best experience and I'll keep doing it until I drop."