during an interview with BBC on Sunday, saying he toyed with the idea of public office, but believes he is now too old. “I turned 60 this year and I had a conversation with my wife [Amal Clooney] and we were working a lot, as we both do, and I said, ‘We have to think of these as the halcyon years.'”He continued: “In 20 years, I will be 80 and that’s a real number.