Despite the friendship they had with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, the actor and the lawyer are apparently now closer to King Charles III.
George and Amal Clooney have apparently changed their allegiances, after being close friends of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, they are now showing signs that they are more in touch with the Royal House of Windsor by being part of The Prince's Trust And TKMaxx & Homesense Awards 2023.
According to Richard Eden, a source close to the organization of the ceremony for Charles III's greatest charitable success, said that at the Theater Royal, Drury Lane, in London's West End, everyone was commenting that "the Clooneys clearly want to be in good standing." terms with the king and the Royal Family".
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George, 62, and Amal, 45, may not have the intention of taking sides either, but their appearance at the gala was taken as a boost for King Charles III, despite the fact that they attended Prince Harry and Prince Harry's wedding. Meghan Markle in 2018 and, although they supposedly did not know the royal couple well, they had a very VIP place.
Princess Diana's former roommate Carolyn Bartholomew, who was sitting next to George and Amal, is said to have turned to them to ask how they knew the happy couple, to which they replied: "We don't." It was also learned that Clooney danced with Meghan and Kate Middleton at a post-wedding party at Frogmore House.
Since then, the couples became closer and Amal was even included in a small group of friends at the Duchess' baby shower in New York the following year.
The Sussexes' biography, Finding Freedom, claims that the Clooneys hosted Harry and Meghan on at least two occasions at their UK home in Sonning, Oxfordshire. The book says that the royal couple brought their dogs and that the Clooneys often had them as guests.
The Clooneys' opinion of Meghan and Harry
Amal and George invited the Sussexes to Lake Como weeks after their wedding and the Duke and Duchess traveled on the actor's private jet. Finding Freedom co-writer Omid Scobie also revealed in an interview with Good Morning America that Harry and Clooney had bonded over their love of motorcycles and playing basketball.
The Daily Mail asked George in 2019 how he knew the couple and he said vaguely: "I've just met them. We live not far from each other and we have dinners and stuff, we're friends with them for all the reasons you're anyone's friend. They're really nice, fun, kind people."
Clooney added that the dukes "are a very loving couple and are going to be excellent parents." That same year, George publicly defended the duchess in an Australian magazine. "They're just chasing Meghan Markle everywhere," he said.
The protagonist of One Fine Day emphasized that his former colleague "is a woman who is seven months pregnant and has been persecuted in the same way that Diana was and history repeats itself." A month after Meghan's baby shower in New York, he again said she was being treated "unkindly."
Speaking to Good Morning Britain, Clooney said: "I think it's a bit unfair sometimes. I've seen it when the press can turn on you for ridiculous reasons and for almost nothing, and I thought it was a bit unfair since (Markle) hadn't done anything. except living his life."
Amal and George Clooney distanced themselves from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex
But since that moment the Clooneys have remained silent on the subject of their Montecito friends and now George and Amal joined the conversations at the Prince's Trust Awards, where all that was talked about was the coronation of King Charles III , which Meghan did not attend.
In September 2022, there was also a sign of the Clooney-Sussex rift, when George and Amal launched the Albie Humanitarian Award in New York. The actor and lawyer invited friends from show business, including British actress Phoebe Dynevor, of Bridgerton fame.
Human rights lawyer Amal was joined by guests including Donatella Versace, Meryl Streep, Dua Lipa, Julia Roberts, Gayle King, Cindy Crawford, Jodi Turner-Smith, Charlotte Tilbury and Gemma Chan. Afterwards there was a party in the penthouse suite of the Mark Hotel.
The place was the same one where Meghan held her lavish baby shower for Archie in February 2019, which was attended by Amal, who took the duchess back to Britain on Clooney's private jet, and although she was already out of period mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Meghan and Harry were not among the guests.
