Philandering Francois Hollande is deeply upset that his privacy has been invaded by the French media.

It seems the President of France, the man that embodies the nation, is angry about this breech of protocol. His outrage though is more centred on the fact that one journalist in particular has been made aware of his nocturnal activities, his partner Valerie Trierweiler.

Trierweiler, 48, was rushed to hospital after Closer magazine had the temerity to publish photographs of her dearly-beloved Francois Hollande doing the short walk of shame to a three-wheeled scooter from the not-so-secret love nest he shares with actress Julie Gayet.