‘I am coping’ Angelina Jolie breaks her silence following THAT divorce

The entertainment industry was left reeling last year when news broke that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were calling time on their two-year marriage.

The couple, who began dating in 2005 and share six children together, were at the centre of a media storm last September as the press and public clamoured for more details on the abrupt split.

And while Angelina maintained a dignified silence in the face of media intrusion, it seems the Oscar-winner has decided she is now comfortable to open up about her split from one of Hollywood's best-known stars.

Speaking to the BBC, the actress insisted that the decision was made to best suit the wellbeing of the entire family.

"It was a very difficult time and we’re a family. And we will always be a family. And we will get through this time and hopefully be a stronger family for it," she stressed.

"Many, many people find themselves in this situation. My whole family – we’ve all being through a difficult time."

41-year-old Angelina revealed that caring for her children helped her to navigate the aftermath of the very public divorce.

"My focus is my children, our children, and my focus is finding this way through and as I said we are and forever will be a family and so that is my, that is how I am coping."

“I am coping with finding a way through to make sure that this somehow makes us stronger and closer," she added.

Angelina received sole custody of the couple's children at the end of last year.