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Guy Ritchie proudly hugs his and Madonna’s children in family Christmas snap amid ‘legal clash’


Guy looked pleased to spend Christmas with Rocco and David (Picture: Rex Features)

Guy Ritchie looked every inch the proud dad as he posed with his sons for a family photo over Christmas, amid reports he and ex-wife Madonna are locked in a ‘legal clash’.

In the photo which he shared on Boxing Day, the Aladdin director is seen with his arm wrapped around eldest son Rocco’s shoulder, while David stands on the other side hugging Guy’s wife Jacqui Ainsley.

Gathered in the middle are Guy and Jacqui’s children Rafael, eight, Rivka, seven, and Levi, five, as well as the family dogs.

‘From our family to yours — Happy Christmas!’ Guy simply captioned the snap.

Rocco, 19, is his biological child with Madonna while the Like A Virgin singer adopted David, 14, from Malawi during their marriage.

It comes amid reports Guy, 51, is embroiled in a legal battle with his former wife, whom he divorced in 2008.

According to the Daily Mail, the director filed a motion in their divorce case asking for the ‘enforcement or execution of a judgment or order’ just two days before Christmas.

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Due to the timing of the filing, it’s speculated that Guy and Madonna clashed over where David and Rocco would spend Christmas.

Judge Deborah Kaplan was reportedly yet to make a decision on the case brought to Manhattan Supreme Court.

The former couple were previously locked in a custody row over whether Rocco should be allowed to live with his father in London back in 2016.

Guy divorced Madonna in 2008 (Picture: Getty Images)

Rocco was allowed to move to the UK but the judge ruled he had to return to America sometime before starting school.

Madonna is also mother to four other children: Lourdes, 23, Mercy James, 13, who was adopted from Malawi, as were twins Stella and Estere, seven.

Guy and Jacqui, whom he married in 2015, appear to have a strong marriage and it’s thought she gets on well with Rocco and David.

Opening up about his marriage, Guy told Entertainment Tonight in 2017: ‘I’m very happy. I spend a lot of time thinking about my wife.

‘It’s a hand in a glove. We just don’t argue, you know? She finishes my sentences and understands what I’m thinking way before I’m thinking it.

‘I think there are just some relationships that do work as efficiently as a hand in a glove. I’m lucky enough to be in that position.’



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