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This week, acclaimed human rights lawyer Amal Clooney sat down with her longtime friend and fellow philanthropist Charlotte Tilbury for a Glamour interview, in which she discussed her work, charitable causes, children, and, of course, her husband, George Clooney.
This comes after Amal’s visit to Buckingham Palace last week in support of The King’s Trust, which is a charity she has long championed.
The Trust’s ‘Amal Clooney Women’s Empowerment Award’ is a particular source of pride for the lawyer, which she describes as existing to “try to empower women through up-skilling and training in some of the most remote parts of places like Kenya, India and Pakistan.” Through this venture, Amal has mentored women from around the world, many of whom have faced challenging life circumstances.
Of course, this isn’t all she is involved with. The lawyer also co-founded the ‘Clooney Foundation for Justice’ with her husband, teaches law at Oxford, and works as an attorney. With hefty responsibilities on her plate, according to Amal, George is a significant source of support through it all.
“I have a partner in life who is so supportive of what I do,” she gushed. “So, I don’t feel like I have to apologise for it or rein it in.”
She also went on to describe how his support has allowed her to carry out her work without motherhood deterring her.
“I remember when I became a mum, which was obviously a new frontier. He was the first one to say, ‘I know you’ve got this speech at the Security Council. You have to go, ‘I’ve got the kids, don’t worry about it’.”
The pair are parents to twins and have kept their children out of the public eye, doing their best to reduce their exposure to “intrusions”. Though now and then they will share some insight into their personalities, as George did in a recent interview,
“They’re really curious and funny and make us laugh.”
And on his wife, Amal? As always, he was nothing but effusive in his words.
“I feel so extraordinarily lucky to have met this incredible woman, and I feel as if I hit the jackpot.”
