Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau separates from Sophie Gregoire after 18 years of marriage

This Wednesday Justin Trudeauthe Prime Minister of Canada, has publicly announced that he is divorcing his wife, Sophie Gregoire-Trudeauafter 18 years of marriage and three children together.

They have jointly announced it in a statement published on social networks. “Hello everyone. Sophie and I want to share that after many important and difficult conversations, we have made the decision to separate. As always, we will continue as a very close family with a deep love and respect for each other and for everything that we have built and will continue to build”, explains Trudeau in its post from Instagram.

the bare bones official announcement It ends with a special mention to his three offspring, still minors, since he asks all Canadians “for the well-being” of their children, to respect their “privacy”.

together since childhood

Trudeau51 years old and who in just three months will already have been at the helm of the Canadian government for eight years, and Gregory, 48, met in childhood. But, although they studied at the same school in the Mount Royal neighborhood of Monreal, their paths, which years later would come together, would first separate completely when they both started university.

would be already in 2003 when the future marriage would meet again in a charity act to, not much later, begin their long sentimental relationship. And from that moment, everything was very fast. They engaged in October 2004 to marry in Montreal just a year later, in May 2005.

during these 20 years No major rumors of a crisis have come out of the relationship, so the news takes the Canadian people by surprise and we don’t know if their three children as well: Xavier15 years old; Ella-Grace14, and Hadrianof nine.