Madonna and Guy stay quiet on Divorce status. From People.com...
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With no wedding ring on her finger and no husband in sight, Madonna and her three children - and Carlos Leon, 11-year-old daughter Lourdes's biological dad - visited Manhattan's Kabbalah Centre Friday night for Sabbath services and returned again on Saturday.
So where was Guy Ritchie, rumored to be splitting with Madonna? Although the British Sun tabloid had an unnamed source saying he was going to fly to New York in an effort to save his marriage, Ritchie was seen Saturday in London, also attending a Kabbalah meeting.
He was then seen meeting up with Trudie Styler (Sting's wife) back at his London home, and they drove off together.
Last week, the London Times reported that Madonna had consulted noted divorce British attorney Fiona Shackleton, who had represented Paul McCartney and Prince Charles in their bitter divorces from, respectively, Heather Mills and Princess Diana.
Madonna's spokesperson, Liz Rosenberg, said, "Madonna has rarely worn a wedding band over these last six years, so there's no secret message about that."
On Friday night, Madonna's group came in three waves, with Leon and Lourdes arriving first, quickly followed by an SUV carrying her son (with Ritchie) Rocco, 7, and adopted son David, 2, each child with a nanny.
Fifteen minutes later, around 8:45, Madonna arrived, wearing a black skirt and a black tank top over a white T-shirt. The service had just about ended, with a dinner about to begin. Madonna stayed some 20 minutes before leaving with Rocco and David for her home on Central Park West, according to a source.
Attended Bar Mitzvah
On Saturday, Madonna and her three children returned to the center for services. Her presence didn't create any kind of stir, as congregants gave her hardly any notice.
With Lourdes at her side, Madonna sat in a front-row seat, wearing a black baseball cap and tight black T-shirt. David, in a white baseball cap and Rocco sporting a Yankees cap, spent much of the time playing quietly with some other children on the floor of the sanctuary.
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A bar mitzvah took place, and at its conclusion Rocco joined all the congregants in throwing Sunkist fruit gem candies at the bar mitzvah boy.
At the service's conclusion, Lourdes wrapped her arms around her mother's neck and gave her a big, long hug.
In Manhattan to rehearse for her upcoming world Sticky & Sweet tour, which kicks off Aug. 23 in Wales, Madonna has stuck to a rigid schedule.
First, according to a source, she works out at home. Then, at 2:15 each afternoon, Madonna leaves for a studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where she and members of the tour practice numbers.
Meanwhile, the children and several nannies, often also accompanied by Leon, spend time playing outside or in Central Park, the source says.
...While it's sad that these two won't come out and deny these reports, Guy's mother is! And you have to love her spirit! From dailymail.uk.co...By Alun Rees and Stephen Bevan 
Guy Ritchie's mother last night dismissed speculation that Madonna wants to divorce her son as ‘total tosh'.
Lady Amber Leighton said there was ‘no conversation about divorce because there is no divorce' and described allegations that couple had spoken to lawyers as ‘works of fiction'.
She added: ‘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.'
The couple are said to be leading separate lives and it has been stated that a formal announcement of a split has been planned for the end of November after Madonna finishes her world tour.
Total tosh: Guy's mother Lady Amber Leighton has dismissed divorce claims
But at her home near Somerton, Somerset, on Friday, Lady Leighton, 62, said: ‘I spoke to Guy this morning, not about divorce but about a new feature film project he has got under way.
'There's no conversation about divorce because there is no divorce.
‘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 TT - that's total tosh.'
Madonna, 49, who is worth £300million, had been reported to have consulted top divorce lawyer Fiona Shackleton, who represented Sir Paul McCartney in his split from Heather Mills. Mrs Shackleton's office has refused to comment.
Meanwhile Mr Ritchie was said to have had informal talks with family law firm Forsters. But the firm would only say: ‘We are not instructed in this matter.'
Guy Ritchie and Madonna are rumoured to be living separate lives
The couple's busy schedules mean they are unlikely to spend much time together this summer.
Madonna and adopted son David attend Friday night prayers at the Kabbalah Centre in Manhattan
Madonna is said to be planning to flit between her homes in New York, Los Angeles and London.
She is also working to promote a world tour on the back of her latest album, Hard Candy, which starts in Europe in August, although ticket sales in America are sluggish.
Mr Ritchie has been editing his new gangster movie RocknRolla, due to be released in September.
Madonna has three children - Lourdes, 11, by former personal trainer Carlos Leon, Mr Ritchie's son Rocco, seven, and David, two, who was adopted from Malawi.
David's natural father Yohane Banda, 33, said he would prefer his son to be raised by Madonna than her husband if they separate.
The farmer, whose second wife is due to give birth to her first child any day, said: ‘I would say Madonna because when I was first approached I was told about Madonna wanting to take my son. ‘And every time people ask me about my son they say he is now Madonna's child or has been taken by Madonna.
'So I think that if the two separate, my son should go to Madonna.' He said any bid to get his son back was ‘out of the question'.
...This gives me hope for these two. So I'll cross my fingers, and hope they have a really great counselor on speed dial.
