AT LONDON FILM FESTIVAL PREMIERE SIR ELTON JOHN DAVID FURNISH AND DAMIAN HURLEY TELL US WHY THE STAR IS SO SPECIAL

After more than five decades in music, Sir Elton John is still standing.

- MEGAN BULL

And to pay tribute to the surgeons who have helped him do just that, the legendary singer wore his old kneecap on a custom-made gold necklace at the red-carpet premiere of a new documentary film about his life.

Looking smart in a brown suit and matching Adidas trainers at the London Film Festival American Express Gala Night screening of Elton John: Never Too Late, the 77-year-old music icon who has had both knees and one hip replaced in recent years beamed with happiness as he arrived on the arm of his husband David Furnish, who was one of the movie's directors.

TELLING HIS TALE

Speaking to hello!, David – who married Sir Elton in 2014, nine years after their civil partnership – said he found parts of the directing process tough.