Elton John had no cash leaving fiancée to pay for | UK News

Before Sir Elton John discovered international fame the singer had plans to stroll down the aisle with his first love Linda Hannon. While she had plans to marry Elton, their love affair got here to a screeching halt when the singer ended their marriage just weeks before they exchanged vows. In an unearthed interview with the Daily Express in 2019, Linda recalled the warning indicators had been there before the now 78-year-old known as off the marriage. She first met Elton – whose actual title is Reginald Kenneth Dwight – when he got here over to her desk at a Sheffield membership in 1968. “Was there an instant spark? I don’t know, but he had never been to Sheffield before so I offered to show him around,” she defined.

Linda shared issues soon turned romantic and when he requested her to go to him in London she stayed with the singer at his mom’s place. But as their relationship progressed Linda discovered she was footing the invoice for every thing. They bought engaged and discovered a flat to dwell in collectively.

She stated: “I remember going to buy furniture on HP. We didn’t have much money. I paid for everything, so we weren’t going out for fancy meals or anything like that.

“I’d go to the studio to pay attention to him sing and report music or we would go to the pub. We went in all places by bus – we didn’thave a car. We had been completely satisfied, so I believed.”

Linda said that while Sir Elton didn’t officially propose they did discuss getting married which prompted her to go out and purchase an engagement ring for herself.

Despite booking the registry office she said, “Reg, woke me up to say he was leaving”.

The Candle in the Wind singer tied the knot with German sound engineer Renate Blauel in Sydney in 1984, but the couple were divorced in 1988 with Elton confirming he was gay.

He previously spoke about the hurt he caused in his first marriage saying: “Many years in the past, I selected Australia for my wedding ceremony to a fantastic lady for whom I’ve so a lot love and admiration. I wished more than something to be a good husband, but I denied who I actually was, which triggered my spouse disappointment, and triggered me enormous guilt and remorse.

“To be worthy of someone’s love, you have to be brave enough and clear eyed enough to be honest with yourself and your partner.”

Sir Elton went on to discover happiness with husband David Furnish, whom he married in 2005.