Gap-toothed boy who became a royal favourite: How George Michael went from a toothy teenager to pop royalty

• Images chart George Michael's unimaginable rise to fame over time, starting with household snaps
• The celebrity had a humble starting, rising up in a pebble-dashed home in Finchley, North London
• George, who died aged 53 on Christmas Day, had a number of movie star pals, together with Elton John 

By Every day Mail Reporter

Printed: 20:50 EST, 26 December 2016 | Up to date: 21:47 EST, 26 December 2016

He was a five-year-old schoolboy with a toothy smile that turned a pop star liked by thousands and thousands.

These pictures chart George Michael's unimaginable rise to fame over time, starting with household snaps and shifting on to his most iconic on-stage appearances.

The celebrity, who died aged 53 on Christmas Day, had a number of movie star pals - together with Elton John and Boy George.

He additionally met Princess Diana on the World Aids Day live performance, Wembley, in 1993. 

Enjoyable and sunshine: George with singer Shirlie Holliman in the course of the filming of the Membership Tropicana video

Vibrant younger issues: George is pictured with Boy George at a charity Aids live performance in Wembley in 1987

Younger weapons: With Andrew Ridgeley in Ibiza to make the video for Wham's 1983 hit Membership Tropicana

Pop royalty: George is pictured assembly Princess Diana on the World Aids Day live performance at Wembley in 1993

Pin-up: A Katharine Hamnett T-shirt for 1984's Wake Me Up Earlier than You Go-Go video (left)  and attractive in black for the Wham! farewell gig at Wembley in 1986 (proper) 

Father determine: The singer with mentor and buddy Elton John on the Reside Assist live performance at Wembley in 1985

 From a childhood pebbledash terrace to mansions price thousands and thousands

Humble beginnings: The pebble-dashed home in Finchley, North London, the place he grew up

Final Christmas: The sprawling £four milion riverside mansion in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, the place his physique was discovered

Grand: Reporters on the singer's £10 million Georgian house in Highgate, North London, yesterday, as information of his demise unfold

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