Elton John was NOT going to sing ‘Candle in the Wind’ at Princess Diana’s funeral, unsealed documents reveal
Papers released by the National Archives suggest there was, and Westminster Abbey even arranged for a young saxophonist to be put on standby to deliver a solo instrumental version instead.
But the Very Rev Dr Wesley Carr successfully argued that allowing Sir Elton to appear would be an "imaginative and generous" gesture to the public. In a note to a senior member of the royal household, Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm Ross, Dr Carr wrote: "This is a crucial point in the service and we would urge boldness."It is where the unexpected happens and something of the modern world that the princess represented."Better would be the enclosed song by Elton John , which would be powerful.
"He has written new words to the tune which is being widely played and sung throughout the nation in memorial to Diana. It is all the time on the radio. "Its use here would be imaginative and generous to the millions who are feeling personally bereaved: it is popular culture at its best."If it were thought the words too sentimental , they need not be printed - only sung.Diana and her lover, Dodi Fayed - son of Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed -
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