After almost eight years of marriage Madonna, 50, and husband
Guy Ritchie, 40, have officially announced their divorce.
“Madonna and
Guy Ritchie have agreed to divorce after 7 l/2 years of marrige,” her rep Liz Rosenberg said in a statement to The Associated Press. “They have both requested that the media maintain respect for their family at this difficult time. A final settlement has not been agreed upon yet.”
It sounds like the pair was able to inform their friends and family before the information was leaked to the press according to the The Daily Mirror:
Ritchie, who has broken off filming in France to fly back to the UK to inform his parents of the split, is now set to move out of the couple's London home and move into the Wiltshire mansion owned by the pair.
A perfectionist like Madonna must dread admitting defeat but The Sun reports that the fighting had become incessant: “They have had a string of shouting matches about the amount of time each devotes to their careers, and over Madonna’s desire to adopt another child. These arguments smashed through their attempts at reconciliation like a sledgehammer.
Madonna and Ritchie married in December 2000 at a Scottish castle. The couple have two children: Rocco, 8, and David Banda, 3, who was adopted from Malawi in 2006. Madonna also has a 12-year-old daughter, Lourdes, from her relationship with personal trainer Carlos Leon.
The couple are reportedly worth some $525 million, the bulk of that belonging to Madonna. Ritchie has an estimated $35 million fortune. They own homes in London, Los Angeles and New York, and a 1,200-acre retreat in Wiltshire, England reports the Associated Press.
The couple did not sign a pre-nuptial agreement.
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