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Shakira was joined by her two sons as she jetted out of Barcelona airport on a family holiday on Sunday - after her split from Gerard Pique.

Spanish media say the singer-songwriter, 46, left the Catalan capital around midday for an undisclosed location and will not return ahead of her move to Florida.

Catalan daily El Periodico described it as her 'final goodbye' as after the holiday they will continuing to Miami for the start of their new life there. 

Shakira cut a casual figure as she made her way through the airport with extensive luggage, opting for a stylish denim ensemble.

She looked great in the jeans and matching jacket which she wore with a blue top underneath and accessorised with reflective shades.

Shakira wore her long honey tresses in loose waves and opted for a typically glowing makeup look.

She was seen giving someone a huge warm hug before making her way through to departures.  

Her sons Milan, ten, and Sasha, eight, looked sporty in their ensembles as they joined their mother at the airport. 

News of her departure followed earlier reports Shakira's ex Gerard had been left furious after being given days' notice by the artist that she was heading to Miami later this week so their children could start school there on April 11.

Spanish showbiz website Vanitatis reported on Friday the singer-songwriter would be leaving Barcelona to start her new life in the States with her parents and sons before the end of this coming week.

Overnight Shakira experts Lorena Vasquez and Laura Fa, who report regularly on the mum-of-two for Catalan newspaper El Periodico, said the artist's lawyer Pilar Mane had told Pique's lawyer Ramon Tamborero in a formal announcement she was leaving definitively.

They said Shakira had phoned the former Barcelona defender to confirm the news.

They also claimed the two boys would start school in Florida on April 11, identifying the educational centre as Miami Country Day which is just north of the city and has a reputation as one of the best private schools in day for children their age.

Neither of the couple's lawyers could be reached for comment.

Pique was said to be furious and in the dark still about exactly which day they will be flying to the States.

Fa and Vazquez said: 'He is very annoyed because he has been told with very little time.

'He disagrees with the children not finishing the school year in Barcelona.'

April 11 is the day US school kids will return to classes after the spring break.

The Barcelona-based journalists had identified April 1 as the date Shakira would leave Spain with her children after suspending earlier plans to travel at the start of the year because of the poor health of her 91-year-old dad William Mubarak.

That was before her mum Nidia Ripoll was hospitalised in the Catalan capital after a blood clot was found in her leg.

Shakira and Pique, who split last May after 11 years together, confirmed in November they had reached an agreement after a protracted negotiation which came to a head with a marathon 12-hour meeting with their lawyers. They signed the accord at a court in Barcelona the following month.

As part of the agreement Pique, now dating 24-year-old Catalan beauty Clara Chia, will spend holiday time with his children.

Shakira's wish to move to Miami, where she used to live and part of her family are based, is understood to have been the principal sticking point in the former couple's previous failure to strike an out-of-court settlement.

The artist, who has relatives and several close

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