Elton John's ex-wife demands £3m in High Court battle raging over claims he broke divorce terms

Sir Elton John’s ex-wife is suing him for £3million amid claims he broke terms of their divorce by mentioning their marriage in his autobiography.

The Your Song singer married Renate Blauel in 1984, but they split up in 1988, in a divorce that is thought to have ended with Ms Blauel leaving with a settlement of between £5million and £10million. 

According to The Sun, Ms Blauel, 67, filed documents with the High Court claiming the 73-year-old broke terms of their divorce and triggered existing mental health problems when he mentioned their marriage in his autobiography, Me.

Renate Blauel, pictured on her wedding day to Sir Elton John in 1984, is suing him ex for £3million, claiming he broke the terms of their divorce by mentioning their marriage in his autobiography 

The paper also claims the German – born sound engineer sought an injunction over the release of the acclaimed 2019 biopic, Rocketman. 

Court papers claim Sir Elton had agreed to remove parts of his autobiography before it was published last year.

However in one part of Me, he expressed regret at ‘breaking the heart,’ of his ex-wife, whom he met while working on his 1983 album, Too Low for Zero. 

Sir Elton wrote in his autobiography, Me, that he regretted ‘breaking the heart,’ of German sound engineer Renate

Sir Elton married Renate in February 1984, having met the year before while working on an album

A source told The Sun: ‘Elton is shocked and saddened by Renate’s claim,…