Elton's baby joy

Star 'awestruck' at becoming a father...

10:33 18 January 2011

Sir Elton John has spoken of his "indescribable" joy at becoming a father.

Sixty-three-year-old John and his partner David Furnish become parents on Christmas Day through a surrogate mother.

They named the child Zachary Jackson Levon.

The star told OK magazine that he was present at the birth and revealed that he found the whole experience overpowering.

"He shot out like a rocket. There just aren't proper words to describe that feeling. It's indescribable. It was just, 'We have a son!'"

He also spoke about holding his son for the first time, saying:

"I've never felt anything like it in my life. You're so awestruck; I will never forget that feeling ever."