Elton seals it with a kiss after gay wedding
The couple, who have been together for more than a decade, took part in their civil partnership ceremony wearing smart, but sober, dark suits. They laughed and waved at fans following their civil partnership ceremony at Windsor’s Guildhall.
Some supporters had travelled from as far away as Australia to get a glimpse of the celebrity pair’s nuptials, while British PM Tony Blair even took time out from his monthly press conference at 10 Downing Street to congratulate them. The PM also hailed the success of the new measures to put same-sex relationships on the same legal footing as heterosexual ones, which nearly 700 couples are thought to have taken advantage of yesterday: “I think it is a modern, progressive step forward for the country and I am proud we did it.” Among the handful of guests privy to the ceremony between Elton, aged 58, and Canadian filmmaker Furnish, aged 43, were close friends artist Sam Taylor-Wood and her husband, art dealer Jay Jopling. Mr Jopling said: “They kissed at the end. It was very, very happy. It was just like any other couple getting married.”
