Can you feel the love tonight?
Elton John certainly could last summer in Sicily, when he hung out with Prince Harry. There, he said that Harry — who at that point had been dating now-fiancée Meghan Markle for about a year — didn’t talk about his romantic life much, but did confess that he was “totally in love.”
“Well, I spent some time with him in Sicily last summer, and I could tell that he was totally in love,” John said. “He didn’t really discuss much personally, but he said ‘I’m in love,’ and I thought, good for you.”
John went on to say that Harry’s brother, Prince William, 35,who has been married to Kate Middleton for almost seven years, seems just as happy.
“Both those boys seem to be ecstatically happy,” he said. “And that’s all you want people to be, no matter who they are.”
Of course, John is especially invested in William and Harry’s happiness because of his friendship with their late mother, Princess Diana. He spoke about Diana, calling her a “great friend,” even though they had some trying moments in their friendship, which were eventually resolved before her death.
The Grammy winner famously performed “Candle in the Wind” at her funeral at Westminster Abbey on September 6, 1997.
“She was very much loved,” he said. “She was a controversial figure in some respects, but not to me. I loved her because she did so much for AIDS and she was a great friend to me.
We had a falling out, but we reconciled in the end. It was an extraordinary summer. Gianni Versace was murdered [on July 15, 1997], and then Diana rang me up and we reconciled. And six weeks later, I’m in the same house, and she’s dead. It was extraordinary, and I just couldn’t believe what was going on.”
This week, John, 70, announced his final global tour before he retires from touring altogether to focus on his family with longtime partner David Furnish.
“I’ve had an amazing life, I’ve had an amazing career,” he said. “My life has changed, the priorities in my life have changed, my priorities are my children, my husband and my family.”
Elton John is retiring from touring — but not quite yet.
The 70-year-old pop icon announced at a press conference in New York City on Wednesday that he’ll embark on one final global tour before leaving behind a life on the road.
“I am not going to be touring apart from the last tour, which will start in September,” John announced at the event, while in conversation with Anderson Cooper. “Last time touring and traveling the world.”
John noted that his priorities have changed since becoming a father with longtime partner David Furnish, 55.
“We had children,” John said of sons Zachary, 7, and Elijah, 5. “And that changed our lives. In 2015, David and I sat down with school schedules, and I thought ‘I don’t want to miss this.’
I’ve had an amazing life, I’ve had an amazing career… My life has changed, the priorities in my life have changed, my priorities are my children, my husband and my family.”