Cheryl Cole's four-year marriage to footballer husband Ashley has ended, on the grounds of his admitted unreasonable behaviour.
The celebrity couple were not at the Principal Registry of the High Court's Family Division for the hearing, which lasted just one minute 20 seconds.
The X Factor judge and England soccer star were the first in a "quickie divorces" list of 29 who were granted a decree nisi by a judge on Friday.
The case is the only one listed anonymously - CAC v AC - but the names "Cole v Cole" were read out in court.
A spokesman for the singer said they would not be commenting on the news.
The pair separated in February after public allegations about the England and Chelsea defender's infidelity.
They met in 2004 when they both had homes in the same London apartment block. The pop star/footballer union soon led to them being compared to the Beckhams. They were engaged in 2005 after he proposed in Dubai and they tied the knot the next year, with an OK! deal.
Their troubled marriage was subject of much media attention and Cheryl Cole was pictured on a number of occasions without her wedding ring.
The ring was off again in February when she appeared at the Brit Awards performing her chart-topping solo single Fight For this Love, in an apparent sign that the marriage was doomed.
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