Russell Brand files for divorce from Katy Perry but says he 'still cares for her' - Daily Mail

Just married: Katy Perry and Russell Brand days after their lavish wedding in India in October 2010

Summer 2008: The couple are first introduced when Perry films a cameo appearance on Brand's film, get Him to the Greek.

September 2009: They begin dating after meeting again at the MTV Music Awards in LA. Perry famously threw a bottle at the comedian's head during rehearsals. Brand joked on stage: 'Katy Perry didn't win an award and she's staying at the same hotel as me, so she's gonna need a shoulder to cry on. So in a way, I'm the real winner tonight.' He took her on a date the next day.

December 2009: Brand proposes to Perry near the Ranthambhore tiger sanctuary in Rajasthan, India.

June 2010: They reveal their matching tattoos, a Sanskrit phrase, in honour of the place they became engaged. The inking on the underside of their right biceps, means 'Go with the flow'.

One way to annoy the missus! Brand posted a picture of his bare-faced wife on Twitter in December last year. It was swiftly removed

September 2010: In the second instalment of his autobiography, My Booky Wook 2, former sex addict Brand says he fell in love with Perry the moment he met her. 'I knew I'd marry her on that first date.,' he wrote. 'The truth is I fell in love with her when she hit me with that bottle. From the first date, I changed. No more women. Well, actually, thousands of women. I wake up to a different one each day, they're all her.  She chose me, bottled me and cuffed me. And now this is my life, my girl, this beautiful woman.'

October 2010: The couple get married in a traditional Hindu ceremony at the same spot Brand proposed.

December 2010: Brand tweets a rather unflattering picture of a make-up free Perry before swiftly removing it from the social networking site.

February 2011: Perry denies reports she and Brand are undergoing couples therapy.

'Happily married': The comedian told Ellen DeGeneres his marriage was in good shape on December 2

November 2011: Perry tells talkshow host Ellen DeGeneres that she would 'love to have children' with Brand.

December 1, 2011: Perry denies divorce rumours, tweeting: 'First I'm pregnant, then I'm divorced. #ifihadadollarforeverytime'. The pair get tattoos after her Staples Center concert - Perry going for a smiling peppermint, and Brand opting for the West Ham United team badge.

December 2: Brand tells Ellen DeGeneres: I am really happily married… I'm married to Katy. Perpetually, until death do us part was the pledge.' He adds that he wants children with the singer.

Mocking her man: Perry impersonated her husband during a sketch on Saturday Night Live on December 7

December 3, 2011: The couple are pictured together for the last time, at a benefit for the David Lynch Foundation in Los Angeles.

December 7, 2011: Perry impersonates her husband during a sketch on Saturday Night Live, mocking his accent when asked by show favourite Kenan Thompson if he had given her any hosting tips. Speaking about the show, she told MTV: 'I'm up for a challenge, for something new. I love to be challenged ... I married Russell Brand.'

December 25, 2011: Rumours the couple are divorcing start circulating after they spend Christmas 7,000 miles apart - Brand in Cornwall and Perry in Hawaii.

December 29: Brand is seen out in London, not wearing his wedding ring as he poses for photos with fans.

December 30, 2011: After another day out without his wedding ring, Brand announces he is divorcing Perry, citing 'irreconcilable differences'.