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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Catherine Shoard

George Clooney says his children have a ‘much better life’ being raised in France than LA

Quality of life issue … Amal and George Clooney.
Quality of life issue … Amal and George Clooney. Photograph: Arturo Holmes/WireImage

George Clooney has said that his decision to base himself in France was informed by the desire to give his children a better start in life than if they had remained in the US.

The actor, 64, who has eight-year-old twins, Ella and Alexander, with his wife, the human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, gave a lengthy interview to US Esquire magazine while staying at his Italian villa on Lake Como.

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