Baby Madonna Wants to Adopt Lands in London

Allie @ Gone Hollywood | Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Madonna says she’s “going to do her best to not make it a public circus.” Um,…forgive me, but it already has!

The 13-month-old Malawian boy Madonna is hoping to adopt arrived in London Tuesday en route to be reunited with the singer.

David Banda arrived at London’s Heathrow airport at about 6:20 a.m. aboard a British Airways 747 from Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. With him were one of Madonna’s bodyguards and a female aide, described by the BBC as the singer’s personal assistant, who upon arrival shielded the baby from photographers with a coat.

Inside Heathrow, three armed police officers, along with airline and airport officials, escorted the party to the baggage-claim area, an observer tells PEOPLE. Some 10 minutes later, the group was led out through a back door, where they boarded a silver Mercedes SUV and drove away.

Madonna’s publicist, Liz Rosenberg, confirmed Monday that David had been granted a passport and visa, the BBC reports. “It is expected that the family will be reunited within the next few days,” Rosenberg said in a statement, adding that Madonna was “going to do her best to not make it a public circus.”

During the temporary custody Madonna and Ritchie “will be evaluated by the courts of Malawi per the tribal customs of the country,” the statement said. source