George Clooney’s wife and International human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin-Clooney will be having twins, according to a close family friend. The anonymous source did not share further details about how far along Amal is or the sex of the babies. If true, George and Amal will be the second celebrity couple expecting twins as singer Beyonce was also earlier reported to have twins with rapper Jay Z .
In an AFP report, the family friend disclosed that Amal is pregnant. Rumors about her state started after she was recently seen in Barcelona “looking rounder than usual.” The couple has yet to confirm the pregnancy.
Amal Alamuddin-Clooney – Barrister
Before Amal married one of Hollywood’s elusive bachelors, George Clooney, she already established a career as a barrister or lawyer. Working for Doughty Street Chambers in London, she specializes in international law and human rights.
She married Clooney in 2014 in Venice. The couple reportedly have a home in England, the Mill House on an island in the River Thames. Since then, Amal has been seen accompanying her husband in his public appearances in international film festivals like Cannes and Berlinale.
Amal’s High Profile Cases
Before she tied the knot, she handled prominent cases such as that of Julian Assange, Wikileaks founder and former Ukranian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Being the wife of a big Hollywood star has not fazed the lawyer, who continued to take on prominent cases.
She defended Canadian Al-Jazeera reporter Mohamed Fahmy, who was detained in Egypt along with other journalists in 2014. Although he was sentenced to be imprisoned, he later received pardon from the Egyptian president. She also defended former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed after he was ousted as president and arbitrarily detained. With the backing of Britain, this case helped push the cause for democracy in Maldives.
Amal also took the case of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to the UN. She helped file a case against the Philippine government for the former president’s illegal detention, stating that it violated “international law.”