A Suitable Brooch For Elton?

This rarely seen photograph of The Goddess was taken in 1996 by Gordon Rainsford at the official opening of the newly installed hydrotherapy pool at East London’s Globe Centre. The Globe Centre was established in 1981 with the aim of providing practical and emotional support for those living with and affected by HIV and AIDS.
Sir Elton was invited in his capacity as patron for the centre to open the hydrotherapy facility. Millie was there in her capacity as ‘something gorgeous’ for Elton to wear on his lapel!

The superstar would later 'support' The Goddess on stage at the 1999 Stonewall Equality show. Flanked by six Drag Queens, including The Goddess, Sir Elton infuriated British scouting leaders when he performed alongside 'six strip-teasing teenagers' attired in Cub Scout uniforms. The 'boys' grabbed their crotches and bared themselves down to their skimpy shorts to the classic tune "It's a Sin" by the Pet Shop Boys. At the time, a spokesman for Elton explained that the sexy-scout spectacle "was a bit of high camp in the great British tradition of comedy like Benny Hill. It was meant to be a bit of fun for an appropriate audience."(Millie would later testify that if these 'boys' were teenagers, she was the long lost love child of John Wayne)!