They seemed to have it all: glittering careers, gorgeous kids, magnificent mansions, a vast fortune, a phalanx of fans – and, for a while at least, real love.
But in the world of the Kardashians, where everything is done in the glare of cameras and life is about as real as Kim’s bottom, things tend to implode. And usually, those things are relationships.
Kim and Kanye West are the latest casualty in a long list of break ups in the Kardashian-Jenner clan and no one except the most die-hard of head-in-the-sand fans can be all that surprised.