Pop queen Madonna's split with her director husband Guy Ritchie got the legal stamp today after the High Court here granted them a preliminary divorce.
Madonna and Ritchie did not attend the hearing.
The "decree nisi" was pronounced by District Judge Caroline Reid after the couple agreed not to demand a financial settlement from each other, the Telegraph reported.
The divorce will become final after a period of six weeks and a day.
Their case - Ciccone M L v Ritchie G S - was listed before District Judge Reid and was announced in Court 10 of the Principal Registry of the High Court's Family Division, the paper said.
The 50-year-old singer and her 40-year-old British filmmaker husband had announced their decision to separate in mid-October after a marriage of eight-years.
The duo had married in a lavish ceremony in 2001.
Madonna will keep most of her USD 440 million fortune after Ritchie said he did not want "any of her money".
They have also agreed to share custody of their two boys, eight-year-old Rocco and three-year-old adopted David Banda.
Under the British law, Ritchie, whose fortune is estimated at some 30 million pounds, could have claimed to half of Madonna's wealth earned during their seven and a half year marriage but he reportedly rejected the offer.
The bone of contention between the high profile couple were their two children, with both of them wanting to keep the children.
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