King Charles just showed up Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in the most brutal way – and it involved one of their best friends. The monarch has been growing closer to Rocket Man hitmaker Sir Elton John in recent months, after Elton allegedly kicked off at Harry over his requests for financial assistance. Elton’s friendship with the Sussexes is reportedly “cooling off”, with a source telling Women’s Day: “Elton’s relationship with Harry was always out of loyalty to Diana, but it’s no secret things have gone south since Harry apparently asked him to help foot their legal bill – and sponsor Invictus – last July.”
The source added: “While Harry and Elton’s legal alliance continues, the personal closeness is diminished. Elton’s public schedule has featured Charles-linked charity events with no signs of another holiday to the South of France with Harry and Meghan. Those days are over.”
And Elton himself has been busy proving it. Not only did he attend a music event at Battersea Power Station with Harry’s estranged father, King Charles, but now he has invited the monarch onto his podcast, Elton John’s Rocket Hour.
The pair recorded an hour-long special for the Apple Music show, with Elton gushing: “This week my special guest – and I really mean special guest – I’m so excited to hear what he’s going to say about music, about the King’s Trust, and memories that we both share.”
From teasers released for the show, the rest of the podcast seems just as gushing, with Elton praising the work the King’s Trust is doing to champion young talent.
In a clip, he said: “I never knew that some of these musicians were involved in the Trust, and it’s great news to me and it shows all the great ways… it reinforces to me all the great work that you’ve done all these 50 years, because I had no idea. So bravo!”
King Charles responded: “It is wonderful to see the difference that can be made through the Trust programs to people’s self-confidence and self-belief,” as Elton agreed: “If you champion someone and you believe in them, it makes all the difference.”
Charles said: “Well really what I was trying to do was invest in the future, particularly investing in talent.”
An enthusiastic Elton told him: “Yes, of course, that’s the greatest thing you can do. Young people are our future and you’re doing a wonderful job.”
It must be a kick in the teeth for Harry and Meghan, who fiercely defended the royal pair as recently as 2019 – before reportedly cooling off their friendship.
While Harry is seemingly desperate to make amends with his father, admitting he wants to repair their feud in an interview with GQ, Elton is already showing just how cosy he’s gotten with the king over the last few months.
Elton has taken his side, and now there’s no going back.
