Marriage ‘Terminated

For more than 25 years,their marriage was a happily-ever-after story. But two days back,actor and former California Governor,Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver announced their separation in Los Angeles. “This has been a time of great personal and professional transition for each of us,” Schwarzenegger,63,and Shriver,55,said in a statement.

They had been married for 26 years. They did not indicate whether they would seek a divorce,but said they were living separately “while we work on the future of our relationship”.

The couple lived in their home in Brentwood,Los Angeles during his two terms as California Governor,with Schwarzenegger commuting by jet to the state capitol in Sacramento. Shriver,an author and former journalist,is active with a number of volunteer organisations. Schwarzenegger is also likely to star in a new Terminator movie that would reprise his most famous screen role as the virtually indestructible cyborg.