INSURANCE king John Charman yesterday failed to stop his former wife receiving £48 million (€71m), the biggest divorce payment in British legal history.

THE £48 million (€71m) divorcee Beverley Charman was tied up and robbed of her jewellery at her luxury home by a balaclava-clad gunman, police said yesterday.

Paul McCartney’s divorce lawyers will be watching carefully as insurance magnate John Charman today tries to claw back from his former wife more than half the biggest award in British legal history.

INSURANCE magnate John Charman has vowed to challenge an order to pay his former wife a total of £48 million (€70m) in what is believed to be the biggest divorce award in English legal history.