Ritchie's mum slams divorce claims

Guy Ritchie's mum has hit out at media claims that her son's marriage to Madonna is over.

Rumours have been rife that the couple are to announce their separation when the popstar's Sticky And Sweet world tour ends in November.

Lady Amber Leighton described reports that the pair have hired divorce lawyers as "total fiction", telling the Mail On Sunday: "It is absolute rubbish, worse than that. Guy will be furious at me talking to you but I feel I can't just let these reports go unanswered as they make me so angry and they are hurtful intrusions into their private lives.

"They are no different to most other couples and we all know that being together can be hard sometimes and marriages are not always a bed of roses.

"But like other couples they work at keeping their relationship happy and fresh and they are a close and loving couple who have a family to bring up."

She added: "Madonna is in New York at the moment finishing off a tour and he will join her there after the weekend. That is not a couple splitting up. I'll say it one more time, they are not getting divorced. The speculation is T.T. - that's total tosh."

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