Madge wants one more chance in London

Madonna is hoping to make London her home once again if she can gain a residence visa.

The 52-year-old singer has had an on-off love affair with the city and left for New York in 2008 after her divorce from Guy Ritchie, saying she never wanted to live there again.

But she now appears smitten once more. A source says: "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.

"She has had meetings with her London legal team, Mishcon de Reya, to arrange a visa that will enable her to move back for good. Now that she is no longer a British citizen by virtue of being married to Guy, she is having to apply like everyone else."

Madonna's children — Lourdes, 13, Rocco, ten, and adopted David Banda, five, and Mercy James, four (pictured) — were all born 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 the paperwork," the source added.

Public school-educated Guy, 42, is said to be thrilled at the prospect of Madge moving back as he wants Rocco to go to a traditional English school. "Guy misses the kids desperately and can't wait to spend more time with them."