Katie Price splits from Peter

May 11, 2009, 16:00 GMT

Celebrity couple Katie Price and Peter Andre are to separate after four-and-a half years of marriage, the couple\'s management company have confirmed 11 May 2009. EPA/DANIEL HAMBURY

Katie Price and Peter Andre have split up.

The couple announced this afternoon (11.05.09) their marriage is over, following recent speculation their union was on the rocks.

Their management company Can Associates Limited released a statement saying: "Peter Andre and Katie Price are separating after three-and-a-half years together.

"They have both requested the media respect their families' privacy at this difficult time."

The glamour model - also known as Jordan - met the Australian pop singer on hit British reality TV show 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!' in January 2004 and the pair married in a lavish ceremony in September 2005.

The former couple have two children, son Junior, three, and 23-month-old daughter Princess Tiaamii.

Katie, 30, also has a disabled son, six-year-old Harvey, from a previous relationship with soccer star Dwight Yorke.

The couple had repeatedly denied there were any problems in their relationship and recently spoke of their plans to have another child.

Katie said last month: "I always fall pregnant so quick, so I can guarantee that I will have another baby or be pregnant by the end of the year."