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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt: Their relationship in pictures

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are divorcing after two years of marriage, and over a decade as a couple.

Jolie’s lawyer confirmed the star has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt this month citing “irreconcilable differences.”

“She will not be commenting, and asks that the family be given its privacy at this time,” her lawyer Robert Offer added in a statement.

Pitt, 52, released a statement to Dailymail.com saying: “I am very saddened by this, but what matters most now is the well being of our kids. I kindly ask the press to give them the space they deserve during this challenging time.”

The pair, who began dating 12 years ago after meeting on the set of Mr and Mrs Smith, are parents to six children: Maddox, Pax, Zahara, who are adopted, and biological children Shiloh and twins Knox and Vivienne.

It’s understood Jolie is seeking custody of the children, and will grant Pitt visitation rights.

Pitt was previously married to Jennifer Aniston, while Jolie has been married twice before, to actors Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton.

A source close to the couple told TMZ that Jolie, 41, made the decision end the marriage because of the way “Brad was parenting the children,” adding that “she was extremely upset with his methods”.

That source claims Jolie was fed up with Pitt’s consumption of “weed and possibly alcohol” mixed with his “anger problem”.

People spoke with a source who claims that the couple’s fights got so bad over the past year that Pitt would flee to France for some space.

“Brad has always been stricter. He has wanted the kids to have more structure. Brad will get frustrated sometimes and yell at the kids. Angelina always had a more relaxed attitude when it came to the kids. She definitely never yells,” the source told the magazine.

Take a look at their relationship in pictures in this gallery.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have both – to a degree – grown up in Hollywood’s spotlight.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie met on the set of Mr & Mrs Smith in 2004. At the time, 90s heartthrob Brad was still with Jennifer Aniston. Nonetheless, in later interviews, Angelina alluded to the fact she and Brad “fell in love” while making the film.

Angelina positively glows in this photo taken during the filming of Mr & Mrs Smith in Italy. According to Jolie, it was during the movie that her and Brad fell for one another.

“Not a lot of people get to see a movie where their parents fell in love. What’s going to be funny is when they think Mom and Dad are a little bit cool. Because right now, we’re not cool Mom and Dad.”

By January 2005, Jennifer and Brad had announced their separation, though they claim no third party was involved.

In April 2005, photos are published confirming Brangelina is a real thing. The images of the couple on vacation in Kenya vacation playing on a beach with Jolie’s adopted son Maddox was proof enough that the relationship had been going on for quite some time but both stars still officially denied they were an item.

Later in 2005, Brad and Angelina are pictured vacationing together in Africa. Speculation continues that the couple had an affair while still married to Jennifer Aniston, though she denies this, telling Today:

“To be intimate with a married man, when my own father cheated on my mother, is not something I could forgive. I could not look at myself in the morning if I did that. I wouldn’t be attracted to a man who would cheat on his wife.”

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The couple appear on the front of W magazine in July 2005, playing happy families. The concept, which was shot in March 2005, was reportedly Brad’s idea.

Angelina on Brad being a dad: “It’s such a beautiful and sexy quality in a man when he takes his responsibilities as a father very seriously. I still get very emotional when I watch Brad play with the children—he is so naturally devoted and joyful around them.”

In July 2005, Angelina adopted her second child, Zahara, from Ethiopia. By 2006, Angelina is pregnant with Brad’s child, Shiloh, who joins her adoptive son Pax. In 2007, Pitt formally adopts Pax.

Shiloh Jolie Pitt was born in Namibia. Of their decision to have their first biological baby in Africa Angelina later said, “When we found out we were pregnant and thinking about where we would want to go, we thought we wanted to find a place that was a beautiful place that our other children would enjoy. And they have, they’d had an amazing adventure. Also we just love this part of the world; our other daughter was born in Africa and so this is a special continent for us.”

Brad and Angelina go onto have six children through natural and adoptive means.

By 2008, the loved up couple have welcomed a set of biological twins, Knox and Vivienne, they have also adopted Zahara and Maddox.

In the same year, rumours begin to circulate that there’s trouble in the Pitt-Jolie household. The couple avoid comment but this is when Jolie admits in an interview to New York Times that they fell in love on the set of Mr & Mrs Smith.

The couple address speculation about whether they’d ever get married, with Brad telling press: “We’d actually like to, and it seems to mean more and more to our kids. We made this declaration some time ago that we weren’t going to do it till everyone can. But I don’t think we’ll be able to hold out.”

“One of the greatest, smartest things I ever did was give my kids Angie as their mom.”

In 2012, the couple put their money where their mouth is and announce they’re engaged.

In 2013, Jolie announces she has had a preventative double mastectomy after learning she carried the BRCA1 gene. Two years later she announces she has also had her ovaries removed.

In August 2014 after a two year engagement, Angelina and Brad wed in a beautiful ceremony at Chateau Miraval, their castle in France. Jolie wears a wedding dress decorated with drawings by the couple’s children.

Chateau Miraval, France.

Brad and Angelina appear on screen together in By The Sea filmed in 2014.

Brad and Angelina pictured with their six children.

The couple look loved up on the red carpet for Maleficent.

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