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Sir Elton John posted a photo of his two sons – Zachary, 5, and Elijah, 3 – on their first day of school in England. “Back to school @davidfurnish #ShareTheLove,” the Crocodile Rock hitmaker, 69, Instagrammed the image.

In August, we spotted the legendary musician and husband David Furnish enjoying a family getaway with their boys in France.

Despite his fame and fortune, the Grammy Award-winning singer is raising his sons to know the value of money.

“I’m their dad, I’m famous, they live an extraordinary life. David and I talk about it all the time, we’re fully aware of the pitfalls that might happen. They are spoilt in the way they live and how they’re living, but they’re not spoilt when it comes to the rules they have to live by,” John recently said.

He added: “They get £3 pocket money, but £1 is for charity, £1 is for saving and £1 is for spending, they get three coins and put them in separate jars. And they have to work for it – help in the kitchen, help in the garden. They’ve got to learn the value of doing something and earning something for themselves. They live a very local life in Old Windsor, they go round their mates’ houses, it’s not a showbiz life as such. They’re not stuck behind the gates of a mansion. Saturdays when I’m home, we go to Pizza Hut with them, we go to Waterstones, we go to the cinema. I’ve never been a recluse, I’ve never hidden away. I’m on the school run.”

As for his longtime career, it sounds like the proud father-of-two will be slowing down in the future.

“I’ve made a promise to David and to my sons that I really don’t want to be schlepping around the world at 72. I don’t want to do tours any more that take me away from my children,” the Rocket Man singer shared.

Back to school @davidfurnish #ShareTheLove

A photo posted by Elton John (@eltonjohn) on Sep 6, 2016 at 12:31am PDT