Justin Trudeau and Sophie Gregoire Trudeau announce separation

Sophie Grégoire Trudeau announced Wednesday through an Instagram post that she and Trudeau, who have been married 18 years, have decided to split up.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife are separating.

Sophie Grégoire Trudeau announced Wednesday that she and Trudeau, who have been married 18 years, have decided to split up.

Grégoire Trudeau, a former television reporter, married Trudeau in 2005. They have three children.

Speaking to Maclean’s magazine in 2005, Trudeau said that he and Grégoire-Trudeau began dating after they co-hosted the Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix ball, a fundraiser for a children’s foundation.

“We laughed, we joked and there was a definite chemistry between us,” Trudeau told the magazine.

The two were married in May 2005 at Montreal’s Sainte-Madeleine d’Outremont church, in a ceremony that attracted a lot of buzz for a then pre-politics Trudeau.

Since Trudeau came to power in 2015, Grégoire Trudeau has largely avoided the limelight, though she was routinely a presence on the campaign trails. Speaking to Global News in 2015, Grégoire-Trudeau said that “no marriage is easy,” and that she was “almost kind of proud of the fact that we’ve had hardship.”

“We want authenticity. We want truth. We want to grow closer as individuals through our lifetime and we’re both dreamers and we want to be together for as long as we can,” Grégoire-Trudeau said.