Sir Elton rages at royal security

Sir Elton John reacted in fury when his car was stopped by royal security after the Concert for Diana on Sunday night.

The music legend was being driven to his dressing room 200 yards away following his performance at the Wembley Stadium gig, which was watched by an international audience of 500 million. However, due to increased security around the backstage area in preparation for the arrival of Prince William and Harry, a policeman intervened and the 60-year-old star was told to walk.

Elton raged: "Get out of my ****ing way. Don't you know who I am? I've been working all ****ing day and I need to get to my ****ing dressing room."

An onlooker told the Daily Mail: "He just lost it and instructed his driver to drive around the policeman. The driver started to move and at that point, the policeman stood in front of the car gesturing to put his hands on the bonnet. The policeman was saying to the driver, 'Stop there or you'll be arrested'.

"Sir Elton wound his window back up as he realised photographers were starting to congregate. His security guard started reasoning with the policeman, saying they needed to get him in there right away but the policeman would not budge.

"Then at that point, Elton jumps out of the back of the car, stomps round to the front and barges through to get into the backstage compound. He stomped down the road shouting at people to 'get out of my way'."

A source close to Sir Elton has blamed the stress of "a long day" for the incident.