NEW CHAPTER

JANET Jackson’s apparent marriage split – three months after becoming a mum for the first time at 50 – is another twist in the life of a woman once considered the world’s raunchiest pop star.

By the time she was spotted last October strolling down a London street in a hooded knee-length black poncho, her hair covered by what appeared to be a veil, Janet had already adopted a more modest stage presence.

Her infamous 2004 “wardrobe malfunction” during her half-time Superbowl performance, when her stage costume was ripped apart by Justin Timberlake to expose her right breast decorated with a sequinned nipple shield, will go down as one of television’s more outrageous moments.

But her husband, Qatari businessman Wissam Al Mana, worth up to £800million, was known to be uncomfortable with her overtly sexual image and Janet’s progressive attitude on sexual liberation and her own body.

After the couple secretly wed in 2012 – it was Janet’s third marriage – it is said friends felt Wissam encouraged her to tone down her image.

Now, just months after the birth of her son Eissa, the sister of the late Michael Jackson has shocked fans again with her reported marriage break-up.

While one source has said the split is amicable, others say the marriage had been on the rocks for months – and that soon after the birth, Janet was seen without her wedding ring. Rumours of a break-up then were denied.

Janet’s mother Katherine, 86-year-old matriarch of the Jackson family, flew to London last month for crisis talks to

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