Madonna 'fights Ritchie for Xmas custody'

Madonna and Guy Ritchie have been fighting over who should secure custody of their children over Christmas, reports claim.

Ritchie is said to be determined that sons Rocco, eight, and three-year-old David spend the festive period in the UK but Madonna is insisting that they stay with her and daughter Lourdes in the US.

"Under the terms of the divorce, it is actually up to Guy and Madonna to sort out the access," a source told the Daily Mail.

"It’s not set in stone who has the boys on which days. The agreement is that Guy gets them four or five days a month in London, but that he can see them in New York, making the time anything up to two weeks a month.

"They are at a total stalemate. Madonna and Guy simply do not liaise at all on anything anymore - it all goes through their personal assistants."

Madonna is facing further problems as she cannot legally relocate the children to the US on a permanent basis without permission from Ritchie or an English court.