George Clooney, his wife and their twins granted French citizenship

Paris — Call them Monsieur and Madame Clooney.

France's authorities says George Clooney, his woman Amal and their eight-year-old twins Ella and Alexander person been awarded French citizenship.

The naturalizations of the Kentucky-born prima and his household were announced past play successful the Journal Officiel, wherever French authorities decrees are published.

The authorities announcement indicated that quality rights lawyer Amal Clooney was naturalized nether her maiden name, Amal Alamuddin. It besides noted that George Clooney's mediate sanction is Timothy.

George and Amal Clooney hosting their yearly fundraiser. "The Albie Awards," successful London, connected Oct. 3, 2025. Maja Smiejkowska / REUTERS

The mates purchased an property successful France successful 2021. In an interrogation with Esquire successful October, Clooney described their "farm successful France" arsenic their superior residence - a determination the 64-year-old histrion and his 47-year-old woman made with their children successful mind.

"I was disquieted astir raising our kids successful L.A., successful the civilization of Hollywood," helium told the magazine. "I don't privation them to beryllium walking astir disquieted astir paparazzi. I don't privation them being compared to idiosyncratic else's celebrated kids."

Growing up distant from the spotlight, successful France, "they're not connected their iPads, you know?" helium said. "They person meal with grown-ups and person to instrumentality their dishes in. They person a overmuch amended life."

Representatives for George Clooney didn't respond to The Associated Press' petition for remark Monday.

It wasn't instantly wide whether Clooney retained his American citizenship. Amal Clooney was calved successful Lebanon and raised successful the U.K. The were calved successful London.

In aboriginal December, George Clooney told French vigor web RTL — successful English, that "I emotion the French culture, your language, adjacent if I'm inactive atrocious astatine it aft 400 days of courses," according to French quality bureau AFP.

Clooney owns an property successful Italy's Lake Como portion and helium and Amal bought a historical manor successful England, AFP reports, adding that they besides ain a New York flat and a spot successful Kentucky.

But helium told RTL his family's French location "is wherever we're happiest," AFP noted.

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