{"id":282719,"date":"2011-02-26T14:02:53","date_gmt":"2011-02-26T14:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/26\/elton-john-and-david-furnish-take-turns-posing-with-baby-zachary\/"},"modified":"2011-02-26T14:02:53","modified_gmt":"2011-02-26T14:02:53","slug":"elton-john-and-david-furnish-take-turns-posing-with-baby-zachary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/26\/elton-john-and-david-furnish-take-turns-posing-with-baby-zachary\/","title":{"rendered":"Elton John and David Furnish take turns posing with baby Zachary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"105.565387847\">\n<!-- google_ad_section_start(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\nBy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=y&#038;authornamef=Ben+Todd\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ben Todd<\/a><br \/>Last updated at 2:02 PM on 26th February 2011<\/p>\n<p><span>First it was Daddy beaming with joy. Yesterday it was Papa\u2019s turn. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Two days after Sir Elton John was seen delightedly playing with eight-week-old son Zachary, his civil partner David Furnish was left holding the baby on a Hawaiian beach. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Not that he had to handle the task unsupported.<\/span><\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/6a52fe5c186_634x566.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"566\" alt=\"Perfect picture: David Furnish plays at the beach with his son Zachary Levon Furnish-John whilst Elton was having lunch\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Perfect picture: David Furnish plays at the beach with his son Zachary Levon Furnish-John whilst Elton was having lunch<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/4070fe5a143_634x409.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"409\" alt=\"Helping hand: Then it was nanny's turn to take over babysitting duties as she strolled along the beach\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Helping hand: Then it was nanny&#8217;s turn to take over babysitting duties as she strolled along the beach<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>A male companion in purple swimming shorts, believed to be a bodyguard, joined the party to take photographs of Furnish posing proudly with his son, in miniature blue sunglasses. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>And a nanny was also conveniently on hand to stroll along the beach with the slumbering infant in her arms.<\/span><\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/0b872466926_306x423.jpg\" width=\"306\" height=\"423\" alt=\"All smiles: First it was Daddy beaming with joy before Papa took over holding the baby\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All smiles: First it was Daddy beaming with joy before Papa took over holding the baby<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Furnish, a 48-year-old film producer, will be known as Papa by the child \u2013 with Sir Elton being called Daddy. The star \u2013 who turns 64 next month \u2013 and his partner became parents to Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John through a surrogate mother in Los Angeles on Christmas Day. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Last week, Sir Elton told how he wants Zachary to have as normal an upbringing as possible, saying he wanted the youngster to have \u2018a solid old fashioned childhood.\u2019 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He said: \u2018I so value my own childhood now, and the sense of wonder and personal discovery that I enjoyed, that we want to give Zachary \u2013 as much as we possibly can \u2013 the same thing. A solid old fashioned childhood, if you like.\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sir Elton \u2013 who was famously revealed in court to have once spent \u00a3293,000 on flowers alone in a 20-month period \u2013 went on: \u2018I know it\u2019ll be hard with my life, but we want him to have that same normality and for things in life to have real value.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2018So we don\u2019t intend to spoil him \u2013 we\u2019re going to try and give him a fun, carefree time of innocence, freedom, love and stability.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He and Furnish then left for Hawaii for their first family holiday with\u00a0 their son.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Combining business with pleasure, Sir Elton, whose fortune is estimated at \u00a3185million, performed two concerts this week at the Maui Arts &#038; Cultural Centre in Kahului. Tickets were changing hands for more than \u00a3300.<\/span><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Go here to see the original:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-1360776\/Elton-John-David-Furnish-turns-posing-baby-Zachary.html?ITO=1490\" title=\"Elton John and David Furnish take turns posing with baby Zachary\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elton John and David Furnish take turns posing with baby Zachary<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Ben Todd Last updated at 2:02 PM on 26th February 2011 First it was Daddy beaming with joy. 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