The trick to do when your marriage is breaking down is to renew the vows.

News is now emerging that Madonna and Guy Ritchie made a last-ditch attempt to save their troubled marriage by renewing their wedding vows at a private Kabbalah ceremony in London last week.

Golden Oldie Madonna, who turned 50 last weekend is said to have flown her Kabbalah teacher over from Los Angeles to conduct the proceedings.

A source close to Madge said: “It was very intimate and both Guy and Madonna made vows to each other and pledged to try to make their marriage strong again. The ceremony lasted about an hour. They turned up at the kabbalah centre in their gym clothes and changed into white robes. Everyone at the centre hopes that they will get through their recent rough patch.”

We wish them the best of luck and hope the old “let’s paper over the cracks by renewing our vows” trick does its job.