Caroline marriage 'is over'

0 Comments | Sunday Mirror, Sep 2, 2007 | by JULIAN BROUWER in New York

THE TURBULENT life of Caroline Kennedy has suffered another setback with reports that her husband has finally decided to end their 'sham' marriage.

Heiress Caroline Kennedy - her father President JFK was murdered and her brother John Junior died in a plane crash - can now apparently add husband Ed Schlossberg to the list of loved ones lost.

Friends say the couple have been living separate lives for some time but, when Ed opted not to even bother to show up to the family's traditional month-long summer holiday in Cape Cod, it became apparent the marriage was unmendable.

Now legal eagles are rubbing their hands together in anticipation of a messy divorce case.

Recent pictures in glossy magazines showed a bikini-clad Caroline, 50, frolicking on her late brother's luxury boat with son Jack and daughter Rose. But hubby Ed, 62, was nowhere to be seen.

A Kennedy source said: "Caroline has always been very secretive. You never know what's going on with her and Ed. But there have been questions about their marriage and this will only add to them."

Others though have been more forceful, insisting Schlossberg's absence is proof that the 21-year marriage is all over.

Gossip guru George Rush said: "They're kind of leading separate lives - but Ed is still very involved in the lives of their children."

The couple's luxury Hamptons home has also been put on the market for more than EUR5million.

If they do decide to end the marriage, Caroline's multi-million dollar fortune - which grew greater after the deaths of her brother JFK Jnr and mother Jackie - could be on the line if she wed without a pre-nuptial agreement.