Pitt Asks Jolie's Children 'will I Do?'

Brad Pitt has applied to become the adoptive father of Angelina Jolie's two children, four-year-old Maddox and 10-month-old Zahara, fuelling rumours that the pair will soon wed.

The 41-year-old actor has filed adoption papers in Los Angeles and is 'literally jumping for joy', In Touch magazine has reported. In the first official confirmation of the many rumours that have been swirling round the couple since the collapse of Pitt's marriage in January, his publicist yesterday said that the children will go by the last name of Jolie-Pitt.

'We are confirming that Brad Pitt is in the process of becoming the adoptive father of both children,' Cindy Guagenti, Pitt's publicist, said in a written statement to the Associated Press news agency. 'No further comment is being made.'

The magazine also reported that the couple are expecting to marry soon and have already drawn up a prenuptial agreement, primarily to benefit Maddox, whom Jolie adopted from Cambodia, and Zahara, who comes from Ethiopia.