DailyMail.co.uk – By Beth Hale
It has listed the ‘noteworthy and influential’ – and their wives and husbands – for more than a century.
But the latest Who’s Who has a new category. The entries now include the other halves of those who have ‘married’ in same-sex civil partnerships.
It means that, for the first time, Sir Elton John’s long-time partner David Furnish is included, along with actor-writer Sir Antony Sher’s partner Gregory Doran.
The law allowing same-sex couples to enter civil partnerships came into law in December 2005 and it is estimated that by 2010 nearly 22,000 homosexual ‘ marriages’ will have taken place.
As well as some additions to existing entries, the 2007 Who’s Who heralds the success of some new – and not so new – faces.