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“It was Valentine’s Day, and Elton John was making one last attempt at being heterosexual,” wrote the Daily Australian, reflecting on the musician’s 1984 wedding to Renate Blauel. The nuptials, which are briefly recreated in the musical biopic Rocketman, came as a shock to most of the world; by that point in John’s megawatt career, the musician had shared a five-year romance with his manager John Reid and revealed he was bisexual in a 1976 interview with Rolling Stone. But he had also explained, “I’d rather fall in love with a woman eventually because I think a woman probably lasts much longer than a man.”
John had met Blauel, a German-born sound engineer, while working on his Too Low for Zero album. After knowing each other about 18 months, John proposed over curry at an Indian restaurant in Sydney, and the couple married the following week—at a church in the nearby suburb of Darling Point. “I simply want to be a family man,” John explained at the time. “And I’m not getting any younger.” John and Blauel managed to pull together an extravagant affair in a matter of days, thanks to John’s tour promoter at the time, Harley Medcalf.
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Sir Elton John's ex-wife, Renate Blauel, has launched a legal action against the singer at the high court.
The German-born sound engineer is seeking an injunction against Sir Elton, who she married in 1984.
The couple divorced in 1988, and Sir Elton went on to marry David Furnish, with whom he has two children.
Ms Blauel has kept a low profile since the divorce, but Sir Elton has spoken of his "huge guilt and regret" over the hurt he caused.
The injunction application was filed last week. The trigger for the legal action is unclear, but such measures typically deal with privacy concerns or the publication of personal material.
Ms Blauel's lawyer confirmed papers had been filed but said his client "hopes to resolve the matter privately and amicably".
Sir Elton's representatives declined to comment on the case.
A former flight attendant, Ms Blauel started working in London's Air recording studios in the early 1980s, gaining credits on albums such as Duran Duran's Rio and The Human League's Hysteria.
She met Sir Elton at the studios in 1983, as he recorded his comeback album Two Low For Zero, whic