Elton John’s Charity Event Raises $12.2 Million
July 3rd, 2007 by Sam
Michael Caine, Kirsten Dunst and Judi Dench were among the stars that helped Elton John raise a staggering $12.2 million for charity at the singer’s latest celebrity bash. The Rocket Man star and his partner David Furnish threw their annual White Tie and Tiara Ball at their Berkshire, England, home on Thursday night, with other $6,000-a-ticket guests including supermodel Elle Macpherson, former British royal Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, and artist Tracey Emin. The lavish party was thrown to raise funds for Sir Elton’s Aids Foundation charity, and an auction saw items like a four-day tennis lesson with tennis ace Roger Federer and an Audi R8 sportscar snapped up by celebrity guests for $650,000 and $800,000 respectively. However, the most coveted items on the night were an appliqued blanket by Emin, a trip to South Africa with Sir Elton and Furnish, and a Rolls Royce Phantom coupe - which reportedly has a waiting list till 2009 - all of which went for $1.6 million each. These celebs collect so much money but are it ever enquired that where and how this money is spent. Like do they submit the books of accounts with the government?