Madonna granted permission to adopt four-year-old twin girls from Malawi
QUEEN OF POP Madonna will be adopting four-year-old twin girls from Malawi, it has been confirmed.
Madonna granted permission to adopt four-year-old twins in Malawi
A court spokesperson announced that the country's High Court made the ruling today for her to adopt little Esther and Stella.
Madonna was inside the courtroom when the approval ruling was delivered, Mlenga Mvula, a spokesman for Malawi's judiciary said.
"Today the High Court made a ruling that she should go ahead and adopt the two children," Mvula told Reuters, adding that the singer was smiling after the court's ruling.
Madonna posted a photo of her eldest daughter Lourdes with the twins back in July 2016
Madonna already has four children: Lourdes, Rocco, David and Mercy
Today the High Court made a ruling that Madonna should go ahead and adopt the two children
Mvula could not provide details on the children Madonna will adopting, saying it was against the law to divulge such particulars at this stage.
"Within a year she should provide us with a home survey report which the court has ordered her to provide," Mvula said, referring to one of the conditions of the adoption.
Madonna, 58, adopted Malawian children David Banda and Mercy James in 2006 and 2009. She also has two biological children, Lourdes and Rocco, from previous relationships.
Madonna visits children in hospital in Malawi
Madonna has already adopted two Malawian children, David Banda and Mercy James
Madonna, pictured here in 2014, at one of the schools her Raising Malawi organization has built
She previously denied reports that she wanted to adopt again after she visited Malawi last month, at the time saying her trip was for her charity work.
The Vogue singer established the non-profit Raising Malawi in 2006 to provide health and education programs, particularly for girls, in the southeast African country.
Madonna's previous adoptions stirred anger among some Malawians who accused the government of allowing the pop star to skirt laws that ban non-residents from adopting children.