UK Government minister Michael Gove and wife Sarah Vine to split after 20 years

In her column this week, Ms Vine wrote about how Westminster 'changes a person'

Michael Gove and his wife Sarah Vine (Yui Mok/PA)

UK Government minister Michael Gove and his journalist wife Sarah Vine are to split after almost twenty years of marriage.

The couple married in October 2001 but have decided to end their relationship and are “in the process of finalising their divorce," a spokesperson said.