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We have breaking news this hour, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie have announced they are separating after 18 years of marriage. The couple made the announcement in an Instagram post. The Prime Minister's office released more details in *** statement just out it reads, quote, Sophie and the Prime Minister have signed *** legal separation agreement. They have worked to ensure that all legal and ethical steps with regards to their decision to separate have been taken and will continue to do so. Moving forward. They remain *** close family and Sophie and the Prime Minister are focused on raising their kids in *** safe loving and collaborative environment. Both parents will be *** constant presence in their children's lives and Canadians can expect to often see the family together. The statement goes on to say the family will be together on vacation beginning next week for the well being of the family. We ask that you respect their privacy and of course CBC news is going to have much more on this breaking news story throughout the day.
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and wife Sophie are separating
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau are separating, Trudeau announced on his Instagram account Wednesday.Trudeau said after “many meaningful and difficult conversations” with Sophie, “we have made the decision to separate.”“As always, we remain a close family with deep love and respect for each other and for everything we have built and will continue to build,” he wrote. He asked that their privacy be respected for the well-being of their children.After spending several years teaching in Vancouver, Trudeau returned to Montreal in 2002 where he met Grégoire Trudeau, according to the Canadian Prime Minister’s official biography.“In 2002, Justin returned home to Montréal, where he met Sophie Grégoire. They married in 2005 and are now the proud parents of Xavier, Ella-Grace, and Hadrien,” it wrote. According to Trudeau’s Liberal Party website, Grégoire Trudeau gained a degree in communications at the University of Montréal, later working in sales and advertising before becoming a television and radio reporter. In an Instagram post celebrating their wedding anniversary last year, Grégoire Trudeau said the pair had “navigated through sunny days, heavy storms, and everything in between and it ain’t over.”She added, “Long-term relationships are challenging in so many ways. They demand constant work, flexibility, compromise, sacrifice, devotion, patience, effort, and so much more. None of us are perfect and so there is no perfect relationship, but love is only true when it keeps you safe, sets you free, and makes you grow.”The pair attended King Charles’ coronation in London earlier in May and also met with U.S. President Joe Biden in March.
OTTAWA, ON —
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau are separating, Trudeau announced on his Instagram account Wednesday.
Trudeau said after “many meaningful and difficult conversations” with Sophie, “we have made the decision to separate.”
“As always, we remain a close family with deep love and respect for each other and for everything we have built and will continue to build,” he wrote.
He asked that their privacy be respected for the well-being of their children.
After spending several years teaching in Vancouver, Trudeau returned to Montreal in 2002 where he met Grégoire Trudeau, according to the Canadian Prime Minister’s official biography.
“In 2002, Justin returned home to Montréal, where he met Sophie Grégoire. They married in 2005 and are now the proud parents of Xavier, Ella-Grace, and Hadrien,” it wrote.
According to Trudeau’s Liberal Party website, Grégoire Trudeau gained a degree in communications at the University of Montréal, later working in sales and advertising before becoming a television and radio reporter.
In an Instagram post celebrating their wedding anniversary last year, Grégoire Trudeau said the pair had “navigated through sunny days, heavy storms, and everything in between and it ain’t over.”
She added, “Long-term relationships are challenging in so many ways. They demand constant work, flexibility, compromise, sacrifice, devotion, patience, effort, and so much more. None of us are perfect and so there is no perfect relationship, but love is only true when it keeps you safe, sets you free, and makes you grow.”
The pair attended King Charles’ coronation in London earlier in May and also met with U.S. President Joe Biden in March.
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