Elton John and husband David Furnish say that they have no intention of leaving all of their wealth to their sons, Zachary, 5, and Elijah, 3.

"Of course I want to leave my boys in a very sound financial state," he told the Mirror. "But it's terrible to give kids a silver spoon.

It ruins their life. Listen, the boys live the most incredible lives, they're not normal kids, and I'm not pretending they are. But you have to have some semblance of normality, some respect for money, some respect for work."

"I came from a very working class family and was born in a council estate house," John said. "I earned everything I did from hard work and that's the way they've got to do it as well."

"The greatest joys — everything Elton and I have created — have come from hard work, and that's where your self-esteem comes from," Furnish added.