By JAMILA RIZVI

I woke up this morning irrationally annoyed by news that international lawyer Amal Alammudin is taking her Hollywood husband’s George Clooney’s surname.

The litigator will from now on be known as Amal Clooney. Her name has been officially amended on the website of her law firm, Doughty Street Chambers. (The website has since crashed, because fame).

Let me provide some context for my illogical frustration at the perfectly reasonable decision of a woman I have never met nor am ever likely to meet. I am getting married in December and won’t be changing my surname.

This decision has prompted a whole range of responses when I’ve explained my choice to those who inquire. But the general gist goes like this: “Such a shame! It’s tradition!”, “Don’t you want your children to have the same name as you?”, “Oh that’s right, feminist!” “I suppose people know you by your current name” and “But then you’ll never get to be a Mrs!”

Here’s some pictures from Mr and Mrs Clooney’s wedding. The post continues after the gallery. 

George Clooney and Amal

Anna Wintour

Amal and George

Amal and George

Amal and George

Amal and George

The wedding party

Amal and George

Amal and George

George

George and a guest

Amal and George

George

Some of the wedding party

Amal and George

Amal and George

Grant Heslov (C) and Lysa Hayland-Heslov

Bono and friend.

Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber

Bill Muarray and guests

George Clooney

George Clooney

Matt Damon and guests at a cocktail party.

Matt Damon on a taxi boat

Amal in Alexander McQueen at her rehearsal dinner

Amal and George at their civil ceremony