David Furnish paid an emotional tribute to Sir Elton John to mark his birthday. The couple have been together for more than 30 years, entering a civil partnership in 2005 before officially tying the knot in 2014. In the heartfelt Instagram post, David, 63, praised the musician as his inspiration and expressed appreciation for the love and devotion he shows their two sons.

Alongside an image of Elton, 79, wearing a pair of blue-rimmed glasses, he penned: "Happy Birthday to my beautiful husband. You amaze and inspire me every single day with your courage and kindness. Thank you for all the bountiful love you give me and our sons. We absolutely adore you. All my love forever, David xo."

The Your Song hitmaker responded in the comments: "I am the luckiest man in the world. I love you, our boys, our life. Thank you for everything."

The couple share two children, Zachary, 15, and Elijah, 13, who were born via surrogacy. It comes after David issued an update on his husband's health following a number of challenges, revealing he is "keeping busy and moving forward".

Last year, the Rocket Man singer disclosed that he'd lost sight in his right eye in the summer of 2024, forcing him to withdraw from touring.

Speaking to Variety, David said: "He's great. He's battling on. He's keeping busy and moving forward. He's happy being at home as a family with our sons. That's why he came off the road."

He told Variety: "It's been devastating. Because I lost my right eye and my left eye's not so good, the last 15 months have been challenging for me because I haven't been able to see anything, watch anything, read anything.

"I've had the most incredible life, and there is hope. I've just gotta be patient that someday science will help me with this one. Once they help me with this one, I'll be fine.

"It's exactly like the AIDS situation. You mustn't give up hope, you must be stoic, you must be strong and you must always try and batter the door down to try and improve things."