George Clooney (Image © Joel Ryan/AP/PA)

Imagine coming home from your week in the sun to find magazines plastered with magnified shots of your cellulite and headlines dissecting your marital bickering over who forgot the suncream.

Being pursued by a herd of long lenses wherever you go is hardly conducive to relaxation. So while the C-list celebs court the shutterbugs’ attention in Malibu, the crème de la crème of celeb-land go to extraordinary lengths to protect their privacy on holiday.

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