When then-Amal Almuddin met George Clooney, she called London home and she worked for a London-based law firm. She still works for the same law firm, although she only takes on legal work which interests her at this point, and she’s obviously got other things on her plate. Once Amal and George got married, they bought a ritzy estate outside of London, and Amal clearly wanted to be more England-based more than anything else. By marrying George, Amal also began to make her way into the highest echelons of British society. That’s not a diss – Amal had a plan and George was happy to get Amal whatever she wanted.
Within a few years of their marriage, the Clooneys began giving generously to the Prince’s Trust, and by 2019, then-Prince Charles gave Amal some kind of position within his signature charity. Around that same time, Amal went out of her way to befriend then-Meghan Markle ahead of the Sussexes’ wedding. George and Amal were invited to the wedding, and Amal also helped out with Meghan’s baby shower. Throughout it all, Amal has also stayed close to Charles through the Prince’s Trust, and a few nights ago, Amal and George attended a Prince’s Trust event in London. The Mail’s Eden Confidential column is trying to make it into a thing.
When there are rifts as wide as that between Prince Harry and Meghan, and the rest of the Royal Family, friends have to choose a side. And it appears that George and Amal Clooney may have chosen theirs. The couple, who were courted by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, attended the Prince’s Trust Awards on Tuesday. That’s the organisation created by King Charles and his biggest charitable success.
‘The Clooneys clearly want to be on good terms with the King and the Royal Family,’ whispers a source at the ceremony, held at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in London’s West End.
But do they still care about being on good terms with the California-based Sussexes? The Hollywood star and his wife, a lawyer and activist, have not been pictured with Harry and Meghan since the royal couple’s wedding at Windsor in 2018. Meghan was missing in action when the Clooneys launched a humanitarian award in New York last September.
The Clooneys invited showbusiness pals including British actress Phoebe Dynevor, of Bridgerton fame, to attend the launch of their Albie awards, named after South African Justice Albie Sachs, in honour of his commitment to end apartheid. Human rights lawyer Amal was joined by guests including Donatella Versace, Meryl Streep, Dua Lipa, Julia Roberts, Gayle King, Cindy Crawford, Jodi Turner- Smith, Charlotte Tilbury and Gemma Chan.
Afterwards there was a party in the penthouse suite of the Mark Hotel. It was the place where Meghan held her lavish baby shower for Archie in February 2019 — attended by Amal, who gave her a lift back to Britain on the Clooney private jet. And yet, although it fell well outside the mourning period for the Queen, Meghan and Harry were not among the guests.
[From The Daily Mail]
The wafting desperation from the British media, my god. They’re just mimicking what they’re hearing from the Windsors too, that everyone has to “pick a side,” that no one can be “friends” with King Charles AND the Sussexes, that Prince William will throw a tantrum if someone says something nice about Harry and Meghan. While the Clooneys do own a nice estate outside of London (and I suspect they have a place in London too), they also have a home in Mexico and a home in LA. No one in Salt Island has any idea if the Clooneys have spent time with the Sussexes in California. You know why that is? Because Amal and George are perfectly capable of being discreet and diplomatic when it comes to navigating the Windsors’ bullsh-t.
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