--- description: The couple will likely wed in Italy title: George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin Get Marriage License image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec9b902943c7516e/69869ee0cd68484d15095fb4/george-clooney-marriage.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Living](/tag/time-section-living/) ## Living Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin Get Marriage License  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Aug 8, 2014 1:38 PM CUT  Actor George Clooney arrives for the red carpet of Omega Le Jardin Secret dinner party on May 16, 2014 in Shanghai, China. Actor George Clooney arrives for the red carpet of Omega Le Jardin Secret dinner party on May 16, 2014 in Shanghai, China.Feng Li—Getty Images  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Aug 8, 2014 1:38 PM CUT All signs point to an impending wedding for George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin: the couple have secured their marriage license in London where Alamuddin, a human rights attorney, is based. A public notice announcing the nuptials was posted outside Chelsea Old Town Hall, as per U.K. law. The bulletin stated that the wedding would take place in Italy, People [reports](http://www.people.com/article/george-clooney-amal-alamuddin-marriage-license "undefined"). The Oscar winning actor also owns a villa in Italy on Lake Como. Clooney, 53, asked Alamuddin, 36, [to marry him](http://time.com/79338/why-would-anyone-marry-george-clooney/ "undefined") in April. “I’m marrying up,” he said of his fiancée in an [interview with _Variety._](http://www.people.com/article/george-clooney-amal-alamuddin-daily-mail-marriage "undefined") \[[_People_](http://www.people.com/article/george-clooney-amal-alamuddin-marriage-license "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3089594/george-clooney-amal-alamuddin-marriage-license/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3089594/george-clooney-amal-alamuddin-marriage-license/"},"headline":"George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin Get Marriage License","datePublished":"2014-08-08T13:38:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:48.066Z","description":"The couple will likely wed in Italy","url":"https://time.com/3089594/george-clooney-amal-alamuddin-marriage-license/","keywords":["Living","Marriage"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec9b902943c7516e/69869ee0cd68484d15095fb4/george-clooney-marriage.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec9b902943c7516e/69869ee0cd68484d15095fb4/george-clooney-marriage.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Omega Le Jardin Secret","caption":"Omega Le Jardin Secret","creditText":"Feng Li—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3089594/george-clooney-amal-alamuddin-marriage-license/","name":"George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin Get Marriage License"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"George Clooney Engaged to Amal Alamuddin","description":"Longtime Hollywood bachelor George Clooney is engaged to attorney Amal Alamuddin, according her law firm.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/RNLtkp84/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-04-28T17:38:36.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/RNLtkp84.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3089594/george-clooney-amal-alamuddin-marriage-license/","duration":"PT1M40S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3089594/george-clooney-amal-alamuddin-marriage-license/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```