Brangelina: Why has the Pitt and Jolie divorce taken so long?

The pair were married for two years - but it has taken four times that time to reach a divorce deal.

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One part of the answer is that it's a particularly messy divorce, complicated by bitter legal disputes involving their children and a French vineyard they bought together.

Some of that still needs to be resolved in what Jolie's lawyer has called "a long ongoing process".

Celebrity lawyer Chris Melcher told BBC News the divorce settlement had taken an unusually long time.

"This is much longer than any divorce we typically see," he said.

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