SPARE ME THE DETAILS..

Eighteen months ago, Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John was born via a surrogate and was conceived using a donor egg.   His parents, multi-millionaire warbler Sir Elton John (aka Reg Dwight) and his civil partner David Furnish, are concerned that Zachary should have `a brother or sister to go to school with him and so he can have someone to play with.`   So, having made no secret that they want to have another child, the happy couple may start trying to father a sibling for Zachary this summer.

The logistics have been discussed with Mr. Furnish adding that `We could go back to the same egg donor so biologically there would be a connection` between Zachary and brother or sister and he confirmed that both he and Sir Elton `would probably again both donate sperm to fertilise the egg so we don`t know which of us is the father.`

Now of course I wish them all the happiness in the world, for there is nothing in this world more precious than children, but I do wish I could be spared the details of this very modern, very private arrangement.   After all, there was a time when `arrangements` such as these would not only have been difficult to comprehend but also, if they were, then it would all have been pursued with a little more discretion?