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He also wore a gorgeous diamond necklace, its design inspired by a Cartier piece worn by an erstwhile king of the northern Indian state of Punjab.

"The idea is completely infeasible, a dead end. For decades, Indian maps have shown the entire territory of the erstwhile princely state of Jammu and Kashmir as part of India," Sumantra Bose told the BBC.

Mr Knox said Mr Graham admitted he had lied to cover up for his "erstwhile very good friend", with the pair being "reasonably isolated figures".

Another erstwhile American ally felt the Trump effect last week in a big way.

She sent Rivera a Facebook message, and the erstwhile star witness recanted.