All singles' profits are donated to the foundation. Elton met his partner, film producer David Furnish in 1993 at a party. The thirty-six year old Canadian runs Elton's film company Rocket Pictures. Woodside, an estate in Windsor, England, a 6,000 square foot suite in a condominium high rise in Atlanta, Georgia which he purchased in 1990, a high-rise in London and a new house on the Mont Boron in Nice, France. In 1997 Elton sang Candle In The Wind 1997 at Princess Diana's funeral, a song he and Bernie had rewritten for her.
Tonight is now the all-time selling single in history.
Elton enjoys playing tennis, every year an EJAF benefit tennis tournament is held. The official ceremony was performed at Buckingham Palace. In 1995 he was named Commander Of The British Empire. 1999 was the year Elton and Tim Rice released the soundtrack to the Disney stage musical Aida . The songs were performed by various artists including Elton, Tina Turner, LeAnn Rimes, Sting, Janet Jackson, Spice Girls, and Boyz II Men.