Sir Elton John and his husband, David Furnish, are proud parents to two children, Zachary and Elijah Furnish-John.
The iconic Rocket Man singer, 77, and David, 62, have been together for over 30 years and marked both the 20th anniversary of their civil partnership and their 11th wedding anniversary on December 21, 2025.
The five-time Grammy winner and former executive assistant started a family together, welcoming their sons Zachary, 15, and Elijah, 12, in 2010 and 2013, respectively. Both sons were born via the same surrogate.
Scroll on for everything you need to know about their family.
How many children does Elton John have?
Elton and David were ecstatic to welcome their two children.
“Both of us have longed to have children, but the reality that we now have two sons is almost unbelievable,” the singer told HELLO! at the time.
He later described his children as “the greatest thing in our lives,” while appearing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2016.
Elton has always been open about his desire to start a family. In an interview with The Guardian in 2012, the Tiny Dancer singer discussed his struggles growing up as an only child. At the time, he and David had only welcomed Zachary, but shared their plans to have another child.
“I spent it [his childhood] in my room, listening to music if my parents were rowing. I think it’s difficult to be an only child and to be an only child of someone famous,” he told the publication.
But, they have now completed their family, with Elton telling The Sun in 2019 that they are “too old to have any more” children.
Who will inherit Elton John’s fortune?
It is common knowledge that Elton is extremely successful, and along with that comes an abundance of perks, including an extraordinary life made possible by his wealth.
Elton is well aware of his fortune, and both he and David are “aware of the pitfalls that might happen,” Elton told The Guardian in 2015.
Despite Elton’s fortune, which in turn makes his children extremely wealthy, the loved-up couple is adamant on teaching them the value of money.
“They are spoilt in the way they live and how they’re living, but they’re not spoilt when it comes to the rules they have to live by,” he revealed.
Zachary and Elijah help in the kitchen and the garden and are, in turn, rewarded with pocket money.
“They’ve got to learn the value of doing something and earning something for themselves,” Elton admitted.
The proud parents have also taught the boys to split their money in three ways: charity, saving, and spending. They are given “£3 pocket money” given to them in three coins to separate into each of these jars.
Has Elton John retired from performing?
Elton retired from touring in July 2023 to focus on raising Zachary and Elijah.
In March 2024, country music star Kacey Musgraves spoke about her time spent with Elton on tour and how much the music legend missed his family when he was away.
“I’ll never forget Elton playing in Nashville and getting to catch up with him in his dressing room after, with all the Gucci and sunglasses lying around. And a big cardboard cut-out of his husband and kids,” she told The Times.
Despite the distance between them, Zachary and Elijah attended plenty of their father’s shows over the years, and even occasionally joined him on stage… so it’s a good thing they’re fans of his music!
Despite being “more interested in Hotline Bling by Drake or Uptown Funk“, Elton previously revealed that his sons will also sing Rocket Man and Benny and the Jets.
“They know who I am. They know what I do, but they’re more interested, to be honest with you, in their toys. And I’m fine with that. That’s good,” Elton told Today.
In an admission about fatherhood in his documentary, Elton John: Never Too Late, the star made the heartbreaking admission that his sons have expressed their concern over his age and mortality.
“They love their daddy, so they want me to be around forever, [and] I would love to be around forever,” he shared.
“I want to see them have children and get married [but] I don’t think I’m going to be around for that….So that’s why I want to use the best of my time while I’m around. Time together is so wonderful and so precious.”
How did Elton John meet David Furnish?
Elton first met advertising executive David at a party back in 1993, and they quickly hit it off.
They went on their first date the day after meeting, but David said Elton was ” very shut down in terms of accepting love” at the time.
“No one had ever asked him to do personal things like go for a walk together, those kinds of joyful things,” he told TIME in December 2024.
Their relationship went from strength to strength, and Elton proposed to David in 2005, when civil partnerships between gay couples became legal in the UK.
On December 21, 2005, they became the first celebrity gay couple to register their relationship as a same sex civil partnership in the UK.
Exactly nine years later, Elton and David got married when same sex marriage was legalised in the UK.
They said “I do” at a small ceremony at their Windsor home on December 21, 2014.
On their double anniversary in 2025, Elton shared a sweet tribute to his husband.
“Happy anniversary to my incredible husband, @davidfurnish,” he gushed.
“Today we celebrate 20 years since our civil partnership, 11 years of marriage, and many more years of happiness to come!”
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