Why is one old photo forcing itself to the top of my Photo Stream?

Hi,
My question is a variant on "how do I remove a single photo from Photo Stream?". I know Apple in their infinite wisdom don't let you do that, but I have an issue which is not of my own doing that I can't solve otherwise.
Someone emailed me a photo of my cousin on his first day at school, and I saved it from the email into the photo library on my iPhone 4S using the 'long hold and Save Image' process. It was duly saved to the library, then added to the Photo Stream.
Ever since this one photo has forced itself into the 'most recent' slot in Photo Stream. I've taken hundreds of photos since it was first saved from the email and they all go into the Photo Stream but this saved photo always jumps to be the most recent one; since saving it, it's the only photo I've ever seen as the thumbnail for Photo Stream on my iPhone.
Deleting it from my iPhone makes no difference, obviously. So how the heck do I get this image to either behave properly or just get out of my Photo Stream altogether?
Cheers,
Owen

No, the opposite is occurring. Like I say, this errant photo, taken weeks ago and added to my iPhone photo reel from my iPhone mail weeks ago, is acting like its the most recent photo within Photo Stream. It always stayed in the same place in the iPhone photo reel but in Photo Stream it always, always jumps to the slot that should be occupied by the most recently added photo.

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