LONDON: One of Britain’s most glamorous couples, actor Hugh Grant and socialite Jemima Khan, have decided to go their separate ways, the US website People.com reported on February 16.

“Hugh and Jemima have decided to split amicably,” Grant’s publicist Robert Garlock said on the website.

The news came the same day Grant’s ex-girlfriend, British model and actress Elizabeth Hurley, and Indian businessman Arun Nayar told officials of their plan to wed.

For the last three years Grant, 46, has been dating the 33-year-old Khan, the ex-wife of cricketer Imran Khan and daughter of the late Euroskeptic tycoon Sir James Goldsmith. Grant, famous for playing fancy-free cads in films like Four Weddings and a Funeral or Bridget Jones, appeared content with Khan when he spoke at a press conference in London last month for his latest movie. “It’s true that I have taken a long time to settle down,” Grant said. “My life is very nice now.” The Daily Mail newspaper quoted a friend of Khan as saying, “They both finally realised it was over.”

“When Jemima told Hugh, it didn’t surprise him — it wasn’t a bolt from the blue — the relationship was effectively dead,” the friend was quoted as saying.