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Ex factor: Hollywood’s friendliest breakups

Divorce isn’t usually a happy time but you wouldn’t know it from looking at Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom.

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The former couple have been photographed together more times since they split than the whole last year of their marriage.

Even reports Miranda was secretly dating Aussie billionaire James Packer didn’t stop the pair kissing in public on the weekend, after spending the whole day out in New York with son Flynn.

Surprisingly, Miranda and Orlando aren’t the only famous faces to have a happy break-up – all these stars are still very good friends with their exes.

Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom have been photographed together more often since they split than when they were married.

Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe spend most of their weekends together attending their kids’ sporting events.

Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes divorced in 2010 but they’re still close friends for the sake of their son Joe.

Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew divorced in the 1990s but still live together and have even joked about remarrying.

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Michelle Bridges and Bill Moore split earlier this year but remain best friends and business partners.

Hugh Grant and Liz Hurley spent 13 years together and still consider each other “best friends” many years later.

Prince William is so close to his former love interest Isabella Calthorpe she was invited to his 2011 wedding.

Kate’s former high school boyfriend Willem Marx was also invited to the nuptials.

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Kate Hudson and Chris Robinson split in 2006 after six years of marriage but are still close friends.

Bruce Willis and Demi Moore divorced in 2000 but still spend lots of time together, with and without their current partners.

Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards went through a bitter divorce in 2005 but are now best friends, with Denise even taking in Charlie’s children from a subsequent marriage.

Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton remain “best friends” years after their divorce.

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Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz split in 2004 but are still very close, with Penelope sticking by Tom during his recent divorce.

Jude Law and Sadie Frost divorced in 2003 but still take holidays together as a family.

Courteney Cox and David Arquette split in 2010 but she continued to support him through several stints in rehab.

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Antony divorced in 2011 but remain close friends for the sake of their twins.

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Nicole Kidman and Lenny Kravitz still socialise together despite splitting in 2003.

Madonna and Sean Penn had a tough divorce but have now become friends again, even travelling to Haiti together.

Rosie O’Donnell and Kelli Carpenter split in 2007 but still holiday together every year with their new partners.

Liz Hurley still considers ex-husband Arun Nayar her son’s father, even though they split in 2011 and the child’s biological father is billionaire Steve Bing.

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Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz split in 2011 but are still photographed together nearly every month.

Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake split in 2006 but are so friendly they agreed to star in 2011 movie Bad Teacher together.

Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez split in early 2013 but say they will always “love and care” for each other.

Clint and Dina Eastwood split in August 2013 but they are still living together happily.

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Fran Drescher and Peter Marc Jacobson divorced in the mid-1990s but remained so close they made a sitcom about their lives called ‘Happily Divorced’.

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