Sir Elton John and David Furnish will spend Christmas visiting their famous godchildren.

The celebrity couple – who married in a lavish civil ceremony in 2005 – have 10 godchildren between them and plan to spend the Christmas period visiting their loved ones.

David Furnish, 47, said: 'We're going to Venice! We have an apartment there.

'We'll try and see them all in the lead up to Christmas. I saw Damien Hurley, Elizabeth's son at the weekend. And I had dinner with the Beckhams two weeks ago, and I saw Brooklyn there.'

David also said he and Elton – who are fighting to adopt a tot from the Ukraine – have spent lots of money on presents for the celebrity kids, because they don't yet have their own.

He said: 'All the godchildren will be very well looked after!'