Paris Hilton still wants to marry ex-boyfriend Benji Madden.

The hotel heiress - who split from the Good Charlotte rocker earlier this month - is believed to be taking a break from the musician to test how strong her feelings for him really are.

A source said: "Paris wants to know if she absolutely can't stand to be apart from him. That's her test to make sure this is the guy for her. She has felt something she has never felt before with anyone with Benji, but needs to be 100 per cent certain she is ready to be Mrs. Madden."

Paris recently told US radio host Ryan Seacrest she is "still in love" with Benji, despite splitting from him last week.

She said: "You know, I love him. He's such an amazing man and he's my best friend and he's been so great to me and so loyal. He's an incredible person. We'll always be very close. We'll see what happens in the future. I'm still in love with him.

"We're both working so much. There are all these reports saying that I dumped Benji. That's not true. This was a decision we made together as two adults.

"Right now we are just taking a break. We are really good friends. We're really close.