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Tory MPs are in “open revolt” against Liz Truss, says the I newspaper, with backbenchers accusing her of “abandoning Conservative values” at a “bruising” meeting last night. The PM’s senior advisers have told her to “rip up last month’s mini-Budget and raise corporation tax” if she wants to restore confidence in her government, says The Times. Royal officials may scrap plans to crown Camilla with the Koh-i-Noor diamond next year, says the Daily Mail. The 105-carat gem – which some argue was pinched from India by Queen Victoria – has pride of place on the Queen Mother’s coronet (below). Palace sources say there is “significant nervousness” that using it ceremonially could “scupper lucrative trade deals”. Elon Musk says he has sold 20,000 bottles of a newly launched perfume named “Burnt Hair”. The $100 scent is described on his website as the “essence of repugnant desire”. “With a name like mine,” says Musk, “getting into the fragrance business was inevitable.”