| Why The Royals Love Rocket Man Elton |
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| Written by Joanne Leyland | ||||
| Friday, 30 June 2006 | ||||
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Page 4 of 4 Considering his royal connections there was never any doubt Elton John would be asked to perform at the Queen's Golden Jubilee Palace pop concert in June 2002, although other commitments meant he had to pre-record his appearance. He was awarded the honour of being allowed to perform in the historic Music Room at Buckingham Palace, singing his latest single I Want Love. Having known the monarch for many years, Elton admitted he wasn't sure she'd enjoy the concert, saying: "I don't know how much the Queen likes pop music — she grins and bears it. And she's probably the best in the world at grinning and bearing it at every occasion, whether it's Maori dancing, pop music, or whatever."  The man whom many would no doubt say lives more like royalty than the royals themselves thanks to his huge wealth (his private fortune, housed at the Queen's personal bank, Coutts, is said to be anything over £150 million) and extravagance, is an ultra-loyal royalist, saying of the monarchy and the Royal Family themselves: "They're trying, I think, to change the way that the Royal Family operates and to try to modernise it.""But I think it's a tradition and we are a tradition-loving nation. I'd hate to see any tradition go out of the window." Whatever the controversy surrounding the attendance of Beatrice and Eugenie at last night's party alongside such controversial figures as supermodel Kate Moss (recently under police investigation for drug abuse) and Elton John, who has successfully battled his own very high profile and serious problems with substance abuse, Sir Elton John is very much a superstar in the eyes of the Windsors. 
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