Ex-Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced she will be ending her marriage to former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell.
Writing on Instagram, Sturgeon said: “With a heavy heart I am confirming that Peter and I have decided to end our marriage.
“To all intents and purposes we have been separated for some time now and feel it is time to bring others up to speed with where we are.
“It goes without saying that we still care deeply for each other, and always will.
Sturgeon confirmed the separation on Instagram on Monday
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“We will be making no further comment,” she added.
Murrell, who married Sturgeon in 2010, was charged in connection with the embezzlement of SNP funds last year.
Sturgeon and former treasurer Colin Beatie were also arrested – but the pair were released without charge.
The now-separated duo remain under investigation as part of Police Scotland’s Operation Branchform into allegedly missing party finances.
Sturgeon and Murrell first met in 1988, when she was 18 and he was 22.
They officially became a couple in 2003.
The pair married seven years later in July 2010 at former church-turned events venue Oran Mor in Glasgow.
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