London:
Madonna is hoping to make London her home once again, if she can gain a residence visa.
The 52-year-old Queen of Pop had left for New York in 2008 after her divorce from filmmaker Guy Ritchie, saying she never wanted to live here again.
But she now appears smitten once more, reported Daily Mail online.
"Madonna has loved being back in the States since the divorce, but England is where she feels her heart is now. She is deliberately focusing on work that will keep her in Britain," said a source close to the Vogue hitmaker.
But the superstar will have to apply and stand in queues like everyone else to get a residence visa.
"She has had meetings with her London legal team, Mishcon de Reya, to arrange a visa that will enable her tomove back for good. Now that she is no longer a British citizen by virtue of being married to Ritchie, she is havingto apply like everyone else," added the source.
Madonna's children, Lourdes, 13, Rocco, ten, and adopted David Banda, five, and Mercy James, four, were allborn outside the UK although Rocco, as Guy's son, is entitled to a British passport.
"The other children will automatically gain visas as Madonna's dependants as long as she can get past thepaperwork," the source added.
Public school-educated Ritchie, 42, is said to be thrilled at the prospect of his ex-wife moving back as he wants Rocco to go to a traditional English school.
Lourdes and Rocco currently go to the Lycee Francais school in New York, which has a sister school in Kensington, West London.
"Guy misses the kids desperately and can't wait to spend more time with them. The past couple of years have been the breath of fresh air Madonna needed after her divorce, but she is now ready to embrace the British lifestyle again," said the source.
Madonna had relinquished the couple's country estate, Ashcombe House in Wiltshire, to Guy as part of the divorce settlement. But she still owns a ten-bedroom house in Marylebone, West London.
The 52-year-old Queen of Pop had left for New York in 2008 after her divorce from filmmaker Guy Ritchie, saying she never wanted to live here again.
But she now appears smitten once more, reported Daily Mail online.
"Madonna has loved being back in the States since the divorce, but England is where she feels her heart is now. She is deliberately focusing on work that will keep her in Britain," said a source close to the Vogue hitmaker.
But the superstar will have to apply and stand in queues like everyone else to get a residence visa.
"She has had meetings with her London legal team, Mishcon de Reya, to arrange a visa that will enable her tomove back for good. Now that she is no longer a British citizen by virtue of being married to Ritchie, she is havingto apply like everyone else," added the source.
Madonna's children, Lourdes, 13, Rocco, ten, and adopted David Banda, five, and Mercy James, four, were allborn outside the UK although Rocco, as Guy's son, is entitled to a British passport.
"The other children will automatically gain visas as Madonna's dependants as long as she can get past thepaperwork," the source added.
Public school-educated Ritchie, 42, is said to be thrilled at the prospect of his ex-wife moving back as he wants Rocco to go to a traditional English school.
Lourdes and Rocco currently go to the Lycee Francais school in New York, which has a sister school in Kensington, West London.
"Guy misses the kids desperately and can't wait to spend more time with them. The past couple of years have been the breath of fresh air Madonna needed after her divorce, but she is now ready to embrace the British lifestyle again," said the source.
Madonna had relinquished the couple's country estate, Ashcombe House in Wiltshire, to Guy as part of the divorce settlement. But she still owns a ten-bedroom house in Marylebone, West London.
