who did elton john marry first?
Renate Blauel
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 When John was performing in Hamburg with the Beatles , she rented his bedroom from his aunt and legal guardian , Mimi Smith . After Powell became pregnant , she and John were married on 23 August 1962 at the Mount Pleasant register office in Liverpool and from 1964 to 1968 , they lived at Kenwood in the Surrey town of Weybridge , where she kept house and participated with her husband in a London @-@ based social life . In 1968 , John left her for Japanese avant @-@ garde conceptual artist Yoko Ono and as a result , the couple 's divorce was legally granted on 8 November 1968 on the grounds of John 's adultery with Ono . 

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 John and Sarah were both Protestants in a predominantly Catholic court , a circumstance that would influence their political allegiances . Although no date was recorded , the marriage was announced only to the Duchess of York , and a small circle of friends , so that Sarah could keep her court position as Maid of Honour . 

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 Chatwin returned to Sotheby 's and , to the surprise of his friends , proposed marriage to Elizabeth Chanler . They married on 21 August 1965 . Chatwin was bisexual throughout their married life , a circumstance Elizabeth knew and accepted . Chatwin had hoped he would " grow out of " his homosexual behaviour and have a successful marriage like his parents . During their marriage , Chatwin had many affairs , mostly with men . Some who were aware of Chatwin 's affairs with men assumed the Chatwins had a chaste marriage but , according to Nicholas Shakespeare , the author 's biographer , this was not true . Both Chatwin and his wife had hoped to have children , but they remained childless . 

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 Diana Hardcastle as Carol , an Englishwoman but lifelong resident of Jaipur , who asks Norman to enter into cohabitation , according to his perception , impetuously . 

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 Bowie became engaged to Melissa Hurley , one of the dancers from the tour , but the two split up without being wed after four years . 
