IT'S OFFICIAL!.......IT'S OVER!........ HER MAGESTY IS FREE
October 26, 2008
DIVORCED....... 
Madonna Louise.....
"Keep that clapping going. My ego needs it right now." ************************************************** Source: Madonna Plans to Raise Her Kids in New YorkBy K.C. Baker and Ryan Pienciak Originally posted Monday October 20, 2008 01:00 PM EDT Madonna and Guy Ritchie Photo by: Dario Alequin / INF | Though Madonna has spent much of her nearly-8-year marriage to filmmaker Guy Ritchie in London, don't expect her to settle there after her world tour ends later this year.
"Madonna is a New Yorker," says one source close to the Michigan-born singer. "She will probably want to raise the kids in New York."
The pop star – whose rep, Liz Rosenberg, confirms the split with Ritchie but tells the Associated Press that a settlement "has not been finalized" – has homes in New York City, Los Angeles, London and in Wiltshire, England.
Why did Madonna, 50, end up living in London? "In a marriage there are compromises," says the source. "[Living in London] was one of them."
As for her children – Lourdes, 12, Rocco, 8, and David, 3 – they are homeschooled, so a move would not involve uprooting them from classes. "She plans on keeping the kids with her," adds the source.
According to another source, the marriage faltered for a number of reasons, including the singer's "spiritual, emotional and romantic" bond with New York Yankees power-hitter Alex Rodriguez.
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Guy Ritchie and Madonna Photo by: XPOSURE / Ramey Photo | Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie are ending their almost-eight-year marriage, a rep for the singer confirmed Wednesday.
"The main concern for Madonna and Guy are their children – the security of their children in all senses of the word and the wellbeing of their children," rep Liz Rosenberg tells PEOPLE. "That's the priority for both of them moving forward. It's a sad situation."
The former couple, who have Rocco, 8, and David, 3, together and Madonna's 12-year-old daughter Lourdes with ex Carlos Leon, announced their divorce in a statement.
"Madonna and Guy Ritchie have agreed to divorce after seven-and-a-half years of marriage. They have both requested that the media maintain respect for their family at this difficult time," says the statement.
The statement says they have not agreed to a settlement.
"The judgment of the court would be to try and assess what they came in with and divide what they built up fairly equally," said David Allison, a lawyer with Family Law in Partnership, a London firm, told the Associated Press.
In a front page story Wednesday, Britain's Sun newspaper claimed that the couple will be issuing a statement "imminently" on the demise of their often tempestuous relationship, which has been the subject of much speculation in recent months.
Madonna, 50, is in the midst of her Sticky and Sweet tour and is set to play Boston Wednesday night. Ritchie, 40, was believed to be on the U.K. set of his latest film, Sherlock Holmes.
Reached at their home, his family declined to comment.
Timeline: Madonna and Guy's Year Together – and Apart- 2008By Jennifer Wren Originally posted Thursday October 16, 2008 10:15 AM EDT Guy Ritchie and Madonna at Cannes in May Photo by: Evan Agostini / AP
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As news broke of the impending divorce of Madonna and Guy Ritchie, the pair were on different continents – as usual. He was on the U.K. set of his latest film, Sherlock Holmes; she was in the U.S. continuing her Sticky and Sweet tour.
A look back at their separate lives:
Plus: See their relationship in pictures.• February 6: Stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, and Demi Moore show up to support Madonna's fundraiser to benefit UNICEF and her Raising Malawi charity. Ritchie didn't.
• February 13: Madonna spends pre-Valentine's day without Ritchie at the Berlin premiere of Filth & Wisdom, the short film she directed.
• March 10: Ritchie is absent when Madonna is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York City. She thanks "teachers, friends and family," but not her husband.
• April 29: While Madonna is in New York City to celebrate the release of her CD Hard Candy, Ritchie takes kids Lourdes, now 12, and Rocco, 8, (but not David, 3) to the London premiere of Speed Racer.
• May 21: The couple reunite in Cannes for the premiere of her documentary, I Am Because We Are. During a Nightline interview, Madonna is asked if Ritchie is around and she responds wryly, "I think he's in a bar somewhere. While I'm working, he's playing."
• June: Madonna and the children head to New York City where she spends weeks rehearsing her tour. Ritchie remains abroad. Divorce buzz builds – but is quieted when the director joins his family June 30.
• July 13: In a public display of togetherness, the couple take a stroll with Rocco and Lourdes in New York.
• August 16: Ritchie throws a 50th birthday party for Madonna in London.
• August 23: Madonna kicks off her Sticky and Sweet tour in Wales. Ritchie lends support backstage, according to the singer's rep.
• September 1: The pair attend the London premiere of Ritchie's film RocknRolla together, but he heads to the Toronto International Film Festival alone later in the week.
• September 10: The duo celebrate another birthday together – his 40th – partying low-key at The Punchbowl, a London pub that Ritchie partly owns.
• October: Madonna kicks off the North American leg of her tour. Ritchie remains in the U.K. to film Sherlock Holmes. On Oct. 13, Madonna flies solo at the New York premiere of Filth & Wisdom.
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