George Clooney calls on media to respect his children's privacy
The Hollywood star has a home near Reading
George Clooney - who has a home at Sonning near Reading - has issued a plea to the media to avoid publishing photos of his children, saying it could put their lives at risk.
The Hollywood star has four-year-old twins with wife Amal, a prominent human rights lawyer, who often works to bring extremist and terrorist groups to justice.
In a letter to several newspapers, he says he can't protect his children if a publication puts their faces on the cover.
The letter in full
"Having just seen photos of Billie Lourd's one-year-old baby in your publication, and the fact that you subsequently took those pictures down, we would request that you refrain from putting our children's faces in your publication.
"I am a public figure and accept the oftentimes intrusive photos as part of the price to pay for doing my job. Our children have made no such commitment.
"The nature of my wife's work has her confronting and putting on trial terrorist groups and we take as much precaution as we can to keep our family safe. We cannot protect our children if any publication puts their faces on their cover.
"We have never sold a picture of our kids, we are not on social media and never post pictures because to do so would put their lives in jeopardy. Not paranoid jeopardy but real world issues, with real world consequences.
"We hope that you would agree that the need to sell advertisement isn't greater than the need to keep innocent children from being targeted.
"Thank you, George Clooney."