Other hits include "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", "Song for Guy" and "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues". His emotional performance of his re-written "Candle in the Wind" sold 33 million copies making it the world's top-selling single and has raised £20m ($33.4m) for Diana's memorial fund. The singer moved millions at Princess Diana's funeral I flew back from LA yesterday and I'm going to Australia on Thursday, but there was no way I would miss this."īorn Reginald Dwight in the north London suburb of Pinner, Sir Elton's extravangant lifestyle and moving ballads have made him one of the world's most enduring rock acts. "But this is not the sort of thing you put off. "She said I must be terribly busy," headded. He said the Queen had apologised for interrupting his busy schedule. "But I think the turning point came in 1990 when I got sober and started to do some charity work, particularly for the Aids problem. "I've had a long career and worked hard," he said outside the Palace. He took his parents and partner, David Furnish, to watch him kneel before the Queen and be dubbed on each shoulder with the investiture sword. Sir Elton, renowned for his flamboyant outfits, was soberly dressed in a formal suit. "Sir John Elton," announced the Lord Chamberlain as the rock star approached the Queen to be knighted. The British rock star Elton John has been knighted by the Queen in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.Įlton Hercules John became Sir Elton for his services to British pop music and his work in raising money for Aids charities.Īfter his investiture, he said "They don't come much bigger than this."īut the man who moved millions with his performance of Candle in the Wind at the funeral of Princess Diana is perhaps not as famous as he once thought. Sir Elton John: "A knighthood is the icing on the cake"
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