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Clooneys Fortify Family Privacy With Phone Basket Rule and Secluded Retreats

Spending time at private villas on Lake Como or in Provence keeps their personal life insulated from paparazzi pressure

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Overview

  • Amal Clooney said in a recent interview that constant media attention has made it increasingly difficult to carve out private family moments
  • The couple enforces a home “phone basket” where guests deposit smartphones to eliminate distractions and preserve secure conversations
  • They have never published photographs of their eight-year-old twins, Ella and Alexander, to safeguard their childhood privacy
  • The family limits public outings by rotating between their secluded estates in northern Italy and the south of France
  • George Clooney has actively supported Amal’s career and parenting, notably caring for their newborns during her 2017 United Nations Security Council speech