In early September, he contacted his writing partner Bernie Taupin, asking him to revise the lyrics of his 1973 song "Candle in the Wind" to honour Diana, and Taupin rewrote the song accordingly.
S preživelimi člani glasbene skupine Queen je 17. januarja 1997 nastopil v Parizu na prvi predstavi "Le Presbytère N'a Rien Perdu De Son Charme Ni Le Jardin De Son Éclat", ki jo je organizirala francoska baletna legenda Maurice Béjart in ki je ob smrti Freddieja Mercuryja ter plesalca Jorgea Donna pričela bolj odprto razglabljati o AIDS-u.