In the age of selfies fuelling narcissistic social media feeds, I have two words: Privacy schmivacy.

If anyone has the means and know-how to maintain a private life, it would be person who have lived their lives bathed in the public gaze and been paid millions upon millions of dollars to do so.

It costs a lot of money to fly in private jets, hire private islands and employ teams of bodyguards and assistants whose sole job is to co-ordinate your movements around the globe without detection.

Angelina Jolie managed to slip into Sydney completely under the radar. We didn't even know she had been here until after she left.

Jolie has become skilled at shaking the press, as shown by her announcement about her pre-emptive double mastectomy, and the subsequent media coverage it generated.

Then there was last weekend's news about Elle Macpherson. The Body caused a media sensation when it emerged she had married her fiance, Miami billionaire Jeffrey Soffer, in Fiji.

With scarce details, the media were left with the barest of crumbs to serve an audience hungry to know more. It was one of the hottest stories of the weekend.

A few days later, it emerged the wedding had actually taken place weeks ago, and the news had only just started to leak, and rather conveniently so for Elle and co.

Apparently, it was ''just a small group of friends and family'' who flew to Fiji for the wedding, with just 15 guests in total.

The ceremony took place in mid-July, and was attended by Australian-born Macpherson's sons, Arpad Flynn, 15, and 10-year-old Aurelius Cy.

It took place inside a private villa at the ''beautiful Laucala Resort'', according to Who magazine.

But surely we can expect a little more from a woman who has built a career and made a fortune out of courting public attention. She's flogged us bras and knickers, sunscreen and even buckets of KFC, so is it too much to hear a bit about one of the most joyous days of her life?

In the August edition of Harpers Bazaar Australia, she says: ''It's not a new relationship. It's been in my life a long time. So I'm not all giddy-just-fallen-in-love. But I have a profound … love … for the men in my life - and that includes my children.''

She was also somewhat philosophic about the relationship. ''I'm less likely to take things for granted as I continue on life's journey, and I truly appreciate the value of a partnership, whether it be a business alliance or finding the perfect client.

''I've always been in very loving relationships, so every relationship has been special, but this one particularly.''

Yes, yes, Elle, that's all very good, but why are you being so coy? Just a few quotes, darl, that's all. Even the most benign of details … such as, what did you wear?

You know, at the age of 49 and having been down the aisle before, a lot of people are very interested to hear your thoughts on why you decided to do it all again. What makes this guy so special?

But alas, they want their privacy.

Granted, this is a delicate subject when it comes to Macpherson, who featured prominently in the phone-hacking scandal that continues to rock Rupert Murdoch's global media octopus.

The scandal also caused much grief to Macpherson's former marketing adviser and friend, Sydney-raised Mary-Ellen Field, who, unlike her famous former boss, does not have the fame or fortune to insulate herself.

It was Field who took on Murdoch's empire after she was fired by Macpherson, who accused her of tipping off the press about her celebrity clients - claims Field constantly denied. But Field could not convince the supermodel she was wrong.

Then it emerged Macpherson's phone had been hacked by Murdoch's henchmen, but while the Body has moved on, Field's life has been left in tatters.

Privacy schmivacy indeed.