Madge snuggles up in bed with Rocco, 4, and Lola, 8.
Vogue


England is home, Madonna says

By Karen Thomas, USA TODAY
Don't look for Madonna to return to her Midwest roots anytime soon.
England, she tells the August Vogue, is home forever.
"The last thing I thought I would do is marry some laddish, shooting, pubgoing nature lover — and the last thing he thought he was going to do was marry some cheeky girl from the Midwest who doesn't take no for an answer!"

In the interview, which arrives Thursday, Madonna says she has mellowed. She says she wears sensible shoes around her country estate and caters to a beloved flock of chickens, and her children, Lola, 8, and Rocco, 4, don't watch TV.

She even shows off her whopping wedding album (until now seen only by her "closest friends") from her 2000 marriage to director Guy Ritchie. So, for the record: She was married in a traditional, cinched-waisted gown with a long train and veil.

She acknowledges that she didn't fall in love with England initially, but since meeting Ritchie, 36, Madonna, 46, has learned to ride horses, shoot and fish. Her preferred mode of transportation: bicycle. And she "could be a connoisseur of ales if I wanted to."

Ashcombe, the 1,000-acre estate the family calls home, was once the home of the late photographer Cecil Beaton, and Madonna says she and Ritchie were immediately in love with it.

"To me, Ashcombe is a reflection of me and my husband in many ways, because it reflects our willingness to make a commitment. Not necessarily to each other but to the idea of having a home somewhere, instead of living like gypsies."
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Wow!!!

What's shall we do now???!!!


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"To me,
Ashcombe is a reflection of me and my husband in many ways,
because it reflects our willingness to make a commitment.
Not necessarily to each other but to the idea of having a home somewhere
instead of living like gypsies."
[Edited 7/19/05 16:57pm]
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what a sweet touching thing to say about your husband (shallow ass )

good for her.....

Buh Bye Madonna.

Where does it say that England is home forever?

Detroit wasnt holding its breath for her return.

RipHer2Shreds said:

i think somewhere up in the red hi-lighted area

Of course USA is not her home anymore. She has created a family in the UK.

EVILDOER!!!

good riddance, biotch!

say hi to that other transported English girl, Anna Mae Bullock

meltwithu said:

Smart ass. Where does she say that?

RipHer2Shreds said:[quote]

meltwithu said:

England, she tells the August Vogue, is home forever

meltwithu said:[quote]

RipHer2Shreds said:

OH MY GOD - what I'm saying is, if they make a claim like that, it would be nice to include an actual quote from her saying that.

See? Prayer does work...

ThreadBare said:

Oh, Madonna. That British accent was thick at "Live 8". "American Life" indeed!

Wait for it....she'll reject this soon enough and live in,,,I don't know...Japan next? This England Family "phase" is boring the hell out of me. Dump the kids in an orphanhage for good....

well, they did give us the Beatles and Culture Club

england gets madonna and the US gets bowie.

guess who i think got the better deal?

VinnyM27 said:

Anxiety said:

I think we got Bono and Bjork too.

GangstaFam said:

oh yeah, we got bjork, though she still spends part of the year in iceland.

bono lives in america?!? huh.

GangstaFam said:

is that good?

meltwithu said:

not that i want to turn this thread into this tired discussion again, but there was nothing wrong with bjork wearing the swan dress to the oscars. it was a ceremony celebrating entertainment, and she's an entertainer who chose to wear an entertaining dress. not to mention, she's not exactly known for being middle-of-the-road. what did you think she was gonna do - pull a sharon stone and wear a designer skirt with a gap t-shirt?

they have madonna and tina turner, and soon they will have jacko, but we still got his royal badness...PRINCE!!!!

meltwithu said:

I think that's hot

BlaqueKnight said:

Once Again BK Baby, you have read Legs mind and outdid yourself this time with your accurate statement about dried up Madge.