Prince Andrew and the Chinese spy: what we all know | EUROtoday
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It’sis a narrative worthy of James Bond. Or a Austin Powers. Prince Andrew, removed from being within the odor of sanctity on the opposite facet of the Channel due to his hyperlinks with Jeffrey Epstein, is as soon as once more within the media with an unbelievable affair: he’s suspected of getting been near a businessman accused of spying for China.
Prince Andrew manipulated by a spy?
The case got here to mild on Thursday, December 12, after an enchantment to an immigration courtroom by a Chinese businessman (whose identify had beforehand been withheld for authorized causes) in opposition to his ban on keep for causes of safety of nationwide safety. Refused, the request nonetheless revealed that the king’s brother served as an middleman between this particular person and eminent personalities.
ALSO READ The loopy story of Prince Andrew and the Chinese spyThanks to his princely new pal, he was in a position to meet David Cameron and Theresa May, former Prime Ministers. He acted undercover as an advisor to British multinationals current in China. But counter-espionage investigators (MI5) found no less than three compromising paperwork on his cell phone seized on the airport in 2021, which solid doubt on Prince Andrew’s duty.
For his half, the Duke of York affirmed on Friday December 13 that he had “followed the advice” of the federal government and “ceased all contact” with the person in query “as soon as concerns were raised,” his companies indicated in a brief assertion. They add that the Duke met this particular person “through official channels and nothing sensitive was discussed” between them.
Chinese businessman denies
“I have done nothing wrong or illegal and the concerns raised by the Home Office against me are unfounded. The widespread description of me as a ‘spy’ is completely false,” Tengbo Yang, the person accused of being a spy for Beijing, mentioned in an announcement.
This 50-year-old man, who was till then recognized as “H6” within the media, obtained from the courts on Monday December 16 the lifting of his anonymity. “Due to numerous speculations and erroneous information in the media and elsewhere, I have asked my legal team to disclose my identity,” mentioned Tengbo Yang, denouncing the process he was subjected to as “unfair”.
ALSO READ Windsor: Andrew enters into resistance in opposition to his brother Charles IIITengbo Yang, who describes himself as an “independent entrepreneur”, claims to have “dedicated his working life in the UK to building links between British and Chinese businesses”. “My activities have helped attract hundreds of millions of pounds of investment to the UK,” he defended. He felt he was the “victim” of a “change in political climate”.
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“When relations are good and Chinese investment is sought, I am welcome in the UK. When relations deteriorate, they give rise to an anti-Chinese position and I find myself excluded,” he lamented.
The prince alone at Christmas?
Has this affair lastly exhausted the persistence of the British crown? Prince Andrew is not going to be a part of the remainder of the royal household for Christmas, British media reported on Monday, December 16. The brother of King Charles III and uncle of the longer term King William, already fallen from grace, has withdrawn from the royal household for a number of years. But he was current final 12 months on the conventional festivities within the royal residence of Sandringham (England).
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