By Anita Singh, Showbusiness Editor Last Updated: 8:10PM GMT 15 Dec 2008  Madonna's spokeswoman said the singer had given Guy Ritchie between £50m and £60m of her £300m fortune Photo: AFP / Getty Images  In an unexpectedly ugly turn for what had been seen as a dignified split, the singer publicly dismissed claims that Ritchie had walked away from the marriage without a penny.  Her US spokeswoman, Liz Rosenberg, said Madonna had given the British film director £50million-£60 million of her £300 million fortune.  It exceeds the previous record of £48 million paid by broker John Charman to his ex-wife, Beverly, in 2006, and is more than double the £24.3 million which Sir Paul McCartney paid to Heather Mills.  The figure includes the couple's £20 million country estate, Ashcombe House, in Wiltshire, and a cash payment of £13 million in lieu of the couple's central London townhouse.  The couple were granted a decree nisi last month and Ritchie was said to have rejected big money offers.  However, the Madonna camp wanted to "set the record straight".  A friend said: "He is not like some monk running around saying he doesn't want money. You don't get money unless you ask for it, and he asked for it. You can imagine how Madonna feels. She has been very generous to him. It isn't about being acrimonious.  "It is just so inaccurate and unfair and people believe he walked away with nothing. The sums are huge. It is much bigger than the amount paid to Heather Mills by Sir Paul McCartney. Madonna just wants to make that point."  Miss Rosenberg also stated that custodial arrangements for the couple's children have yet to be finalised. A spokesman for Ritchie declined to comment.
Madonna has handed ex-husband Guy Ritchie a divorce payout of up to £60 million, the highest recorded settlement in British legal history.