The Scotsman

George Clooney’s wife gives birth to twins

- By FRANCESCA GOSLING

Actor George Clooney’s wife Amal has given birth to twins, the couple’s publicist said.

According to Stan Rosenfield, Ella and Alexander Clooney were born in a London hospital yesterday morning.

He said the babies were both “happy, healthy and doing fine”, and joked: “George is sedated and should recover in a few days.”

The news comes weeks after Gravity star Clooney told the media that he was well prepared for fatherhood.

He said: “I know what I’m in for.”

And he said of his wife: “She is amazing. I don’t have anything to do.”

The actor, 56, married the 0 George and Amal Clooney have a boy and a girl lawyer, 39, at a lavish Venice wedding in September 2014.

The couple had kept a low profile during the pregnancy.

However, news they were expecting was confirmed back in February by the actor’s close friend Matt Damon.

Amal Clooney is a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, specialisi­ng in internatio­nal law and human rights.

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