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Alamuddin named one of the most “powerful” people in London

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(LONDON, ENGLAND) — Human rights attorney Amal Alamuddin was recently featured in a UK newspaper’s list of the most powerful and influential people in London.

Alamuddin is the highest-placed female on the Evening Standard newspaper’s annual power ranking list.

This list, officially called ‘The 1000 most influential Londoners 2014’ features 1,000 people and at the fourth spot, she was placed higher than Kate Middleton, Victoria Beckham, Prince Harry and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.

Alamuddin is featured behind the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, the Mayor of London Boris Johnson and technology entrepreneur Demis Hassabis.

Prince Harry, who is currently fourth in line to the U.K. throne, claims the seventh spot.

Meanwhile, Amal has also been criticized for changing her last name from Alamuddin to Clooney after she got married in Venice last month.

The name change was first noticed on her law firm’s website on the day that she headed back to work in Athens on Monday to discuss how Greece can get back the Parthenon marbles from the British Museum.

Many critics are saying that the name change is “anti-feminist” and “backwards and subservient” to tradition while others are saying that Amal is “giving the impression that her name isn’t as valuable as his.”

Amal has yet to make any public comments about the name change to the media.

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