Elton John Does Not Expect Invite to Royal Wedding

NEW YORK (CBS) VIP guests for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding received "save-the-date" faxes this week, but Elton John wasn't one of them.

"I'm not invited to the wedding," John said. "I would not expect to be invited to the wedding."

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William and Middleton are set to wed on April 29 at Westminster Abbey in London.

"I think because of my relationship with Princess Diana, people automatically think I'm going to be invited," John told Reuters in an interview Monday.

John sang a rewritten version of his song "Candle in the Wind" at Diana's funeral in 1997 after her tragic death in a car accident.

Despite his close relationship with Diana, John claims not to know her sons very well - having met them very few times.

"They're tremendous boys, but I don't know them (so) it would be presumptuous of me to even talk about them," he said. "They are great boys, their mum would be very proud of them."

John still has warm wishes for the couple: "I just wish them the happiest of lives together. They seem very happy. He's a really terrific man, William, and he's going to be a great king."