George and Amal Clooney granted French citizenship after concerns of raising children in Hollywood

American actor George Clooney has been granted French citizenship, along with his wife Amal Clooney and their two children, The Guardian reported citing the official decree in France’s government gazette.

A gazette notice listing all new French naturalizations, released on Saturday, includes Clooney – as well as his wife, Amal Clooney, and their twin children, Alexander and Ella.

Clooney, who also holds US citizenship, and Amal, a British-Lebanese humanitarian lawyer, are already well familiar with their new adopted country. Their property in southern France – a former wine estate called the Domaine du Canadel, near the village of Brignoles – was purchased in 2021.

The publication confirms an ambition Clooney alluded to early in December when he praised French privacy laws that keep his family shielded from paparazzi, according to The Guardian.

“I love the French culture, your language, even if I’m still bad at it after 400 days of courses,” the actor told RTL radio at the time – in English, according to The Guardian.

Clooney told RTL that although the family travels frequently, their home in France “is where we’re happiest”.