The iconic singer has recently released his autobiography ‘Me’. Within the book, he recalled a number of surprise encounters he had with the Royal Family and how his infamous friendship with Princess Diana blossomed and faded. But in one surprise admission, he admitted have a “completely surreal” evening in 1981 at Windsor Castle.

He explained that he had been attending the party with his percussionist Ray Cooper and was due to perform.

But before the performance they joined the dancing in the ballroom of the castle.

He wrote: “Because the Queen was there, and no one wanted to cause any offence to the royal sensibilities, the disco was turned down about as low as you could get without switching it off altogether.

“You could literally hear your feet moving around on the floor over the music.

“Princess Anne asked me to dance with her to Hound Dog by Elvis Presley.

“Well, I say ‘dance’: I ended up just awkwardly shuffling from foot to foot, trying to make as little noise as I could so that I didn’t drown out the music.”

He went on to admit that the Queen soon appeared and joined in the dancing.

He added: “So now I was trying to dance as inaudibly as possible with Princess Anne and the Queen — still holding her handbag — while what appeared to be the world’s quietest disco played Bill Haley.

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“I tried my best to come up with a facial expression that suggested this was a perfectly normal state of affairs.”

Within the book, Elton recalls the real reason behind the pair’s falling out before her death in 1997.

Elton was a well-known friend of Diana’s and remains close with her sons Prince William and Prince Harry.

He was so influential in her life that Elton performed at her funeral.

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The songwriter released a reworked version of his hit ‘Candle in the Wind’, which would go on to become the biggest selling single of all time, raising millions for charity.

But in a heartbreaking confession, Elton spoke about what really happened when they fell out.

He believes the root cause was a book Gianni Versace wrote called Rock And Royalty.

The book was a collection of portraits from renowned photographers.

Proceeds would be donated to the AIDS Foundation.

Diana was expected to write the foreword.

Elton wrote: “Then she got cold feet.

“I think Buckingham Palace didn’t like the idea of a member of the Royal Family having anything to do with a book that featured shots of naked guys with towels draped around them.

“So, at the last moment, Diana withdrew her foreword.

“She said she had no idea of the book’s contents, which just wasn’t true.”

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