After all, as his publicity tells us, he is the President of the United States.There is one alternative that few ever really talk about No publicity. This is something that the real president of the United States has managed to achieve for his daughter. He did this by demanding that the press lay off but also by never breaking his side of the bargain and seeking out any publicity. In this week’s interview he tells an story about the small gold ring that he has taken to wearing in his left ear. Evidently, he first appeared wearing this thing on CNN’s Larry King Live show. Ford says he was keen to play down the ensuing fuss (despite having worn it in the first place) “It’s just an earring A lot of people have them, a lot of people don’t. But it does seem to be of spectacular interest.” Perhaps someone should tell Mr Ford that he is not like a lot of people.

She quotes Diana as saying: “They kept saying I was manipulative, but what’s the alternative? To just sit there and have them make an image for you?”And stars like Harrison Ford, for all his reticence, must see that they are not completely innocent The man is no JD Salinger, after all. She says that Diana tried time and again to get the Royal Family to appoint a political strategist who would do for them what Peter Mandelson did for Tony Blair. We know this because Tina Brown, celebrity editor of the star-studded New Yorker, wrote about a lunch she had had with Diana a few weeks ago. After all, Stallone clearly does love the press on his terms: he was only in Rome to open Planet Hollywood (hardly anti-celebrity itself) because he happened to be in Venice promoting his latest film.At heart most celebrities – and the Princess was among them – understand this. Later at the press conference Stallone made a joke of it: “I love the press. It’s what separates us from the animals.” He later explained that it was only a section of the paparazzi that he was worried about.Sylvester Stallone may indeed only be worried about one specially virulent strain of paparazzi.

Most of us are, especially as we learn more and more of how Diana was hunted day and night. But perhaps, if he was honest, some of this is just an excuse to complain about press coverage in general and, in doing so, try to control it just a little bit more. There was an interesting moment this week when Sylvester Stallone showed up in Rome to launch another branch of Planet Hollywood. All must have seemed as normal as the photographers jostled each other to get the best position But then, something happened. Stallone ignored them and soon they were snapping away as normal but it did make you wonder what would happen if you gave a photo opportunity and no one came.