Madonna and Guy Ritchie.

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Film director Ritchie and Madonna's divorce was finalised in November.

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The tabloid frenzy began long before their son, Rocco, was born in August 2000 and Ritchie and Madonna went to great lengths to keep the press away from their wedding at Skibo Castle in Scotland.

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The burial site on the land, which belongs to Madonna and her film director husband Guy Ritchie, was established in 1663 when the then-owner of the estate, William Fry, became a Quaker.

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Ritchie directed the video for Madonna's "What it Feels Like for a Girl" and cast her in the lead role in 2002's "Swept Away", a remake of a 1974 Italian film of the same name.

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The couple embarked on their first professional collaboration when Ritchie directed the promo video for Madonna's What It Feels Like For A Girl in 2001.

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Madonna is applying to adopt Chifundo as a single parent following her divorce from film director Guy Ritchie, which was finalised in November 2008.

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