Britney informed Federline of the divorce via a text message! I don’t know why - but that just sort of warms my heart in one of those big, fluffy brown snuggly teddy bear ways. Here’s a look at Kevin actually receiving the message on his Blackberry during a interview he was taping in Montreal:

Last week, at a Halloween party - they got into a fight. She was overheard yelling “You’re useless - you’re nobody,” at him at the nightclub launch of his own rap album.

She was later seen in tears as she exchanged angry words with her husband on her mobile phone. He is believed to have stood her up, preferring to hit the town with five friends instead.

This was the last straw for Britney, who has asked that the couples’ assets -including “jewellery and other personal effects”, and “earnings and accumulations from and after the date of separation” - are confirmed as “separate” property.

But she came out of hiding last night and embarked on a two-hour tour of New York’s tourist attractions in a bid to show she is getting over the split.

When asked how she was coping with the divorce she replied: “I’m doing OK.” She looked like she didn’t have a care in the world as she went to the famous ice rink at the city’s Rockefeller Center with her former manager Larry Rudolph.

Britney fired Mr Rudolph, who was responsible for making her a star, a few years ago but it looks as if he may have a hand in her new album Fears Within, which is due out next summer.

This will be Britney’s second divorce. She wed childhood friend Jason Alexander in January 2004 in Las Vegas. The marriage was annulled two days later.

Kevin federline can forget getting his hands on Britney’s wealth. The singer is worth more than £65 million but most of that money is safe as the couple had a prenup agreement.

The £4 million Malibu mansion, currently home to Britney, and sometimes to Federline, will be divided 50/50.

Any gift worth more than $10,000 (£5,200) the couple have given each other will go back to the original purchaser.

This includes a custombuilt motorcycle Britney gave her husband for

Christmas two years ago. Even though he won’t have access to her millions, Britney will still support him for a while. She has to pay Federline $30,000 (£15,700) a month for a year - half the time they were wed. This means that he will receive about £180,000.

In my opinion - that’s about £180,000 too much, eh?