Divorce at the top of the state in Canada! Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau announced their separation on Wednesday August 2 after 18 years of marriage. “After many thoughtful and difficult conversations, we have made the decision to go our separate ways,” they said on their Instagram accounts, noting that they “remain close family.” The couple have asked for their privacy to be respected ahead of a family vacation planned for next week.
A statement from the Prime Minister’s Office adds that the couple have signed “a legal separation agreement” and that this is not a divorce. He said Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau want to focus on “the development of their children,” adding that Canadians can “expect to see the family together often.”
This is the first separation of a Canadian Prime Minister since that of Pierre Trudeau, the father of Justin Trudeau, who separated from Margaret Trudeau and eventually divorced in 1984, during the last months of his mandate. .
