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At first the investigators asked whether they were related, Dean claims — then they tried a different line of questioning.

Writing two weeks after the much-derided Blue Origin voyage, which saw her take an 11-minute flight with five other women, the US star said the "online world" had tried to make her a "human Piñata".

"The fire brigade tried to rescue all the people but some of them unfortunately died because of suffocation," she told reporters.

When we asked about how young people feel about Americans, the minder winced visibly and tried to stop her answering.