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Kris Jenner and Bruce Jenner Are Separated, "Much Happier" Living Apart

Bruce and Kris Jenner Have Effective separated 22 years of marriage.

"We are living separately and we are much happier this way," the pair Exclusively tell E!News.

"But we will Always Have much love and respect for each other. Even though we are separated, we will always REMAIN best friends and, as always, our family Will Remain our number one priority."

Kris and Bruce are parent to two children together, Kendall and Kylie , and EACH Have four kids from previous marriages.

Rumors of marital trouble Have Been shadowing the Jenners for months, the goal HAS family kept a unified face Those stories in shutting down.

"We just laugh it off," Kris Told E! News last November Regarding tabloid reports she and Bruce That Were divorcing. "We love each other and just laugh about it ... These kind of stories Have Been circulating for the last couples of years."

Kris marked Their 22nd anniversary on Instagram on April 21, writing, "Happy Anniversary Bruce!! 22 years Best I Could Have ever imagined ... hope the next 22 is even more fabulous ... I love you!"

Over the past FEW weeks, Kris has-been photographed not wearing her wedding ring.

Ongoing During the current season of Keeping Up With the Kardashians , Bruce Spent time staying in a rented home in Malibu They Had, goal Khloe Kardashian Odom said onThe Tonight Show in June That Should not people read too much into Their living arrangement.

"They're not having problems, goal They still like to live apart, All which is definitely different," she Told Jay Leno . "You know, my mom and Bruce, They wanted some ... In my house there is room for a man [ Lamar Odom ]. A room, not a different house. So I think They took my idea and ran with it. They Reviews another house and got Bruce stays there sometimes. "

Towards the final stages of their marriage, their every move was caught by the ever present camera crews of Keeping Up With The Kardashians.

But it wasn't always that way.

More recently, Kris had revealed never seen before pictures of her 22-year marriage to Bruce.

Happy days: Kris and Bruce were often seen attending glitzy events, and are seen here arriving at the Fire and Ice Ball in Los Angeles in 1996

Kris married former Olympian champ Bruce just a month after she divorced Robert Kardashian in March 1991.

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Talking about the proposal, Kris revealed recently: 'We were at a restaurant and he just dropped to a knee. We had been house-hunting all day and we were thinking about moving in together, and then I thought to myself, driving to the restaurant that we were going to, I must be out of my mind that we're house-hunting. We're not even married, we're not even engaged!'

She added: 'And that night he just busted out a move. He said, 'I am totally in love with you and would you marry me?' I was very surprised.'

Fast movers: The couple, seen here in 1994, married a month after Kris divorced Robert Kardashian in March 1991

Getting about: The pair were seen attending film premieres (left, in 2001) and charity events (right, in 2008)

Kris also revealed that Bruce proposed without a ring, but provided one for her 22 years later on a holiday in Bora Bora.

Their wedding day was a small-scale affair, a million mile from her daughter Kim's marriage to first husband Kris Humphries.

Kris revealed: 'It was a very intimate, small wedding ... I had such a big wedding the first time and we just really wanted close family and friends [the second time].'

Parading their love: Bruce and Kris take Kendall and Kylie Jenner to a film premiere in 2003 in Hollywood

The former couple, who have two daughters, Kendall, 17, and Kyle, 16, together and four children each from previous relationships, have confirmed they have amicably decided to end their relationship.

The Keeping Up with the Kardashians stars told E! News: 'We are living separately and we are much happier this way. But we will always have much love and respect for each other. Even though we are separated, we will always remain best friends and, as always, our family will remain our number one priority.'

Kris, 57, previously brushed off rumours they had split after Bruce moved out of their family home in Calabasas, California, and into his own beach house in Malibu.

Life through a lens: The family are known for their quirky group Christmas cards

Another family Christmas: Khloe Kardashian recently revealed this vintage snap... years before cameras started rolling for Keeping Up With The Kardashians

Happy memories: A rare intimate snap of the Jenner and Kardashian family on Kris and Bruce's wedding day

She said: 'We just laugh it off. We love each other and just laugh about it...These kind of stories have been circulating for the last couple of years.'

Their split comes shortly after they argued about owning a gun and whether their teenage daughters should drop out of school.

Olympic medallist Bruce, 63, who was also previously married to Linda Thompson, with whom he has two sons, Brandon and Brody, and also to his first wife Chrystie Crownover, with whom he has a son Burt and daughter Casey, recently revealed he is battling skin cancer after undergoing a procedure on his nose.

Back in the day: A nine-year-old Khloe Kardashian poses with brother Rob and Kris and Bruce at the Frank Sinatra Celebrity Golf Tournament in Palm Springs in 1993

VIPs: At the same 1993 event, Bruce and Kris spent time with O.J. Simpson and former girlfriend Paula Barbieri

Kris, whose self-titled talk show was cancelled after one season, has four children, Kourtney, Kim, Khloe and Rob Kardashian with her late ex-husband Robert Kardashian.

Kris has since spoken to UsWeekly about the split, confirming: 'We are living apart. But there is no animosity. We are united and committed to our family.'

This could be good news for the couple as the magazine claim that they have no pre-nup.

Kris added: 'We ended a marriage, but that's not the end of our friendship. I will always love him, but we are longer a couple in that way.'

It has also been revealed that couple actually split a year ago, which explains why in recent episodes of Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Bruce moved to his own 'man cave' to have his own space.