Celebrity splits usually end in big money deals

A RECORDING career spanning 25 years has made the Material Girl one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in music and, while some of Ritchie’s recent films have not exactly been box office smashes, he was behind one of the most successful British movies of recent years — Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

They will doubtless be hoping for a more amicable — and less costly — split than Paul McCartney and Heather Mills managed.

Seven months ago, their break-up reached an acrimonious conclusion in the High Court, with the former Beatle paying €31.2m of his fortune to Mills.