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Chansiri parted with a decade ago would now be worth about £52m, still only around half of what he seems to be demanding to relinquish control now.

Other companies have parted ways with their chief executives following investigations into their personal relationships with colleagues.

But she added: "I am going to have to figure it out because I refuse to be parted with her."

“And then in the afternoon, it was like the heavens parted,” Barantini said.

It was light-hearted, he said, and they parted with a handshake.