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Fact #96640

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Short story:

Elton John performs live at a party in Windsor Castle, Windsor, England, UK, Europe, to celebrate the 21st birthday of Prince Andrew. [The prince actually turned 21 several months earlier, but the party was delayed]. In the course of the evening, Elton dances with the Queen to the strains of Rock Around The Clock by Bill Haley And The Comets.

Full article:

Elton John : When I arrived, there was no-one there but the dance band and Princess Diana. We danced the Charleston alone on the floor for twenty minutes. Then Princess Anne came up to me and said, 'Would you like to dance?' What am I going to say? 'No - fuck off'? We went into this disco where the music was so quiet you could hardly hear it. As we're bopping up and down, The Queen comes up with an equerry and says, 'Do you mind if we join you?' Just at that moment, the music segues into Bill Haley's Rock Around The Clock, so I'm dancing to Rock Around The Clock with the Queen of England.

(Source : Select magazine news item, May 1992)