Sir Elton John had "surprise" lunch with Taron Egerton on his 79th birthday.

The legendary musician turned 79 on Wednesday (25.03.26) and he revealed part of his celebrations involved an unexpected meal with the Rocket Man actor, who he befriended after the 36-year-old star played him in the 2019 biopic.

Elton shared a photo of them smiling together, and wrote on Instagram: "Rocket Man squared. A brilliant birthday surprise having join us for lunch.

"Thank you @davidfurnish for making today and every day feel special, and to all of you for the love, messages and support."

Back in 2022, Taron opened up about his bond with the Tiny Dancer hitmaker.

He told Andy Cohen on his Radio Andy show: "He doesn't text, he emails. He emails filth, normally.

"I saw him about three weeks ago, he was in London doing some tour dates and I went to his house and we had crab salad and spicy lamb."

David shared a heartfelt birthday message for his husband.

He wrote: "Happy Birthday to my beautiful husband. You amaze and inspire me every single day with your courage and kindness.

Thank you for all the bountiful love you give me and our sons. We absolutely adore you.

"All my love forever,

"David xo"

Elton replied: "I am the luckiest man in the world. I love you, our boys, our life. Thank you for everything."

The musician has retired from touring, and his husband David recently gave an update on his partner's health since losing the sight in his right eye in the summer of 2024.

He told Variety: "He's great. He's battling on. He's keeping busy and moving forward. He's happy being at home as a family with our sons.

"That's why he came off the road. We really love parenting, we love our family, and we love being together, and that's everything for us."

Elton - who has sons Zachary, 15, and Elijah, 13, with David - previously opened up on his health struggles.

He told Variety: "It's been devastating. Because I lost my right eye and my left eye's not so good, the last 15 months have been challenging for me because I haven't been able to see anything, watch anything, read anything.

"I've had the most incredible life, and there is hope. I've just gotta be patient that someday science will help me with this one. Once they help me with this one, I'll be fine.

"It's exactly like the AIDS situation. You mustn't give up hope, you must be stoic, you must be strong and you must always try and batter the door down to try and improve things."