Ritchie slopes off with the kids

Guy Ritchie enjoyed some breathing space from Madonna as he hit the slopes after a family visit to a Kabbalah centre. The Marylebone-based film director visited a ski resort in New Jersey with his sons Rocco, eight, and adopted David, three, on Saturday.

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Earlier, Ritchie had lunched with his ex-wife and the family at a Manhattan centre for the Jewish sect. The two left looking strained. But Ritchie, 40, was all smiles at the camelback Mountain Resort where Rocco took his first skiing lesson. Ritchie is on a break from filming Sherlock Holmes.