No wonder Suri Cruise is so frequently spotted out shopping with just her mum Katie Holmes and a hundred paparazzi photographers for company: the three year old is reportedly only allowed to play with children who are Scientologists like her family.

A source told the UK’s Star magazine that mum Katie and dad Tom Cruise are adamant that the little girl is not exposed to views that are radically different from their own teachings, and particularly not those that contradict or criticise the religion: “They prefer Suri not to hang out with other kids unless they’re Scientologists.”

The three year old is allowed to go to a dance class but “she never hangs out with her dance friends before or after class”: “Her mom takes her and waits in the lobby during class. Then their entourage whisk her away again.

“She doesn’t have many play dates with children and is happy just spending time talking to her dolls as though she is their adult nanny.”

The source explained that Tom and Katie like to treat her as a “little adult” rather than a child: “They say that Suri is a little adult, and that she can hang out with them and their friends.

“They don’t say no to her as they believe that she will understand better what she did wrong if they just explain it to her.

“They indulge all of her interests. She is taught to be perfectly clean - and they don’t let her do any activities that make a mess. Their home has to be completely quiet at certain times and Suri is expected to comply.”