SOCKET MAN!
Elton’s electricity and gas bill rockets to £49k ...as Queen pays £1.1m to power up Palace
HIS stage performances are often electrifying.
So it should probably not come as a shock that Elton John spends a fortune on power bills – stumping up an estimated £49,000 a year at his £6.5million mansion. The total gas and electric cost for the Rocketman singer, 73, is more than 43 times the average Briton’s £1,125.
Sir Elton shares his eight-bed Windsor house, which also features a cinema room and swimming pool, with husband David Furnish, 57, and their two sons. His power bills are topped only by the Queen, according to a list of celebrity and VIP spending compiled by comparison website Uswitch. Buckingham Palace costs £1.13million annually. The 40,000 light bulbs alone cost an estimated £28,663 each year. Meanwhile, chart-topping singer Robbie Williams’ ten-bedroom home in Holland Park, west London, sets him back £33,133.
TV chef Jamie Oliver, 45, coughs up an estimated £32,875 to run his £6million home in Essex while pop millionaire Ed Sheeran, 29, spends £21,418 on his £3.7million Suffolk estate. Other names to feature in the list include Hollywood star George Clooney, whose mansion in Sonning, Berkshire, sets him back £20,548. Music mogul Simon Cowell, 60, spends £15,890 to power his luxury home in Holland Park.
Sarah Broomfield, of Uswitch, said: ‘If you’ve ever opened your energy bill and had a shock spare a thought for poor Sir Elton. Most of these celebrities don’t have to worry about paying bills, but, celebrity or not, there’s always a benefit to keeping down the amount of energy you use.’