Madonna divorce listed for court on Friday

Pop star Madonna and her husband Guy Ritchie are to divorce in London on Friday, according to the High Court where so-called "…

Pop star Madonna and her husband Guy Ritchie are to divorce in London on Friday, according to the High Court where so-called "quickie" divorces are formalised.

The case was listed on Thursday under the names Ciccone M L v Ritchie G S and will be heard before a judge in the High Court's Family Division.

Both are entitled to attend the court, although in most high-profile celebrity cases people choose not to.

The couple announced last month that they had agreed to finish their eight-year-old marriage, ending intense speculation over the relationship.

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Details of the terms of the split have not been made public.

Madonna (50), and Ritchie (40), have a joint fortune estimated to be worth around $525 million.

The couple have a son, Rocco, who was several months old on their wedding day in December 2000, and in 2006 Madonna applied to adopt David Banda, a boy from Malawi whose mother died shortly after his birth and whose biological father has supported the adoption.

A Malawian court approved the adoption in May.

The singer also has a daughter Lourdes, born in 1996, from her relationship with fitness trainer Carlos Leon. She was married once before, to actor Sean Penn, in the 1980s.

Reuters