George Clooney and wife Amal Clooney become French citizens

George Clooney and Amal Clooney are officially French citizens.

The couple, who relocated to a countryside property in the south of France back in 2021, have been granted their French citizenship.

Their eight-year-old twins Ella and Alexander have also been granted citizenship.

Their citizenship was confirmed in a naturalisation decree, dated December 27 and published in the French government's official journal.

George and Amal bought a sprawling wine estate, named Domaine Le Canadel, for a reported $8.3million in August 2021.

The property is located near the town of Brignoles in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France.

The couple, who wed in Italy, have been living with their kids on the French property since relocating to France.

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"You know, we live on a farm in France. A good portion of my life growing up was on a farm, and as a kid, I hated the whole idea of it," George explained in a recent interview with Esquire.

"But now, for them, it's like – they're not on their iPads, you know? They have dinner with grown-ups and have to take their dishes in."

Clooney has revealed that the decision to raise their kids in France was partly due to his concerns about what a life in the constant Hollywood spotlight would have looked like.

"They have a much better life. I was worried about raising our kids in LA, in the culture of Hollywood," he told the publication.

"I felt like they were never going to get a fair shake at like. France – they kind of don't give a shit about fame. I don't want them to be walking around worried about paparazzi. I don't want them being compared to somebody else's famous kids".

George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin (now Clooney), a human rights lawyer, married in September 2014 at a ceremony in Venice, Italy.

Three years later, they welcomed their twins.

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