The baby was carried by a woman through Johannesburg international airport to board a plane for London. Three male bodyguards tried to prevent reporters from photographing the baby, whose face the woman turned to her breast and covered with a hand as she walked away. A statement from Liz Rosenberg, Madonna's publicist in New York, said the child was issued a passport and a visa earlier.
"It is expected that the family will be reunited within the next few days," the statement said. Rosenberg said Madonna and her husband, filmmaker Guy Ritchie, were granted interim adoption of the child, who was granted a visa that allows him to travel with them. "This interim adoption grants David's new parents temporary custody for 18 months, during which time they will be evaluated by the courts of Malawi per the tribal customs of the country," her statement said.
"It is expected that the family will be reunited in the next few days." Rosenberg said Madonna wanted this to be a private matter, and declined to say when and where the family would be reunited "She's going to do her best to not make it a public circus," Rosenberg said. "It's not my sense that she would want to expose the whole thing to public scrutiny.
" David was accompanied when he left Lilongwe, Malawi's capital, by two Britons and two Americans, one of whom listed her occupation as nanny, according to a Malawi immigration official at the airport.
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