CNN anchor Fareed Zakaria's wife Paula, has filed for divorce after over 21-years of marriage and three children together.

Paula Throckmorton Zakaria, a jewelry designer, cited an 'irretrievable breakdown' of their marriage in the papers she quietly filed last week, according to Page Six.

Their martial issues are not new, the couple briefly separated in 2011 with the GPS host releasing a statement at the time.

'It's true that we're having troubles and I have taken a small apartment a few blocks away, but I still live at our house most days of the week. We're trying to work things out. Divorce is not on the horizon,' Fareed stated.

It appears they will be attempting to make an amicable go at their divorce.

Happier times: Farheed Zakaria's wife Paula (pictured together in 2014) quietly filed for divorce last week citing an 'irretrievable breakdown' of their marriage

Fareed (pictured on hosting his show GPS on CNN) and wife Paula briefly split in 2011

The CNN host is worth an estimated $8million, and the couple own several properties including a $3.4million West 102nd Street townhouse and a $2.1million county estate in Rhinebeck, NY.

However, in Paula's divorce filing, she included an agreement indicating this will not likely be an ugly fight over assets.

In an interview with Parade Magazine in 2016, Fareed joked that his dream dinner party 'would be with my three kids and my wife and the fantasy is my kids would all be incredibly charming and polite and engage with me and listen to me and not interrupt me.'

In the same interview he said he relishes the time he spends with his children Omar, Lila and Sofia as a break from the intense pressures of his work-life.

Paula filed an agreement along with her divorce papers which indicates their likely won't be a fight over assets, but it is unclear how the couple will handle custody of their younger daughters (pictured is Lila in 2012)

'I do like to relax and switch off. The best solution I have for that is three young children. They couldn’t care less about what I do. I don’t want them to; I want them to have their own lives.'

'So I come home from having done some head of state interview and my seven-year-old daughter wants me to look at her cursive handwriting, and she wants me to understand that she does her g’s better than I do. That’s the greatest relaxation you can have,' Fareed added.

It is unclear how the couple intend to split time with their younger daughters.