21 Dec
Tea for two: Elton John, David Furnish bid for own charity gift
Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish created some buzz at a charity auction where Furnish ended up bidding for his own prize.
The pair attended the dinner thrown by footballer Rio Ferdinand to launch his new Live The Dream Foundation.
One of the items up for auction was the chance to spend the afternoon with John browsing his private art collection at his house in Windsor. This would be followed by afternoon tea with John and Furnish.
But funnily enough, it was Furnish who won the bidding – at £30,000 – for the experience. A gift from John and Furnish indeed. A total £300,000 was raised at the event for the foundation.