Prince Andrew ‘invited alleged Chinese spy to Buckingham Palace’ | EUROtoday

An alleged Chinese spy banned from the UK on safety grounds was reportedly invited to Buckingham Palace by Prince Andrew.

The businessman on the centre of the most recent scandal to engulf the Duke of York is claimed to have twice visited the royal residence on the invitation of her son.

The suspected spy, recognized solely as H6, additionally entered St James’s Palace and Windsor Castle, The Times reported.

Andrew insists he “ceased all contact” with the businessman accused of being a Chinese spy when issues have been first raised about him. He met the person by “official channels” and “nothing of a sensitive nature was ever discussed”, an announcement from his workplace mentioned.

King Charles has additionally reportedly been briefed by British safety providers over his brother’s affiliation with the alleged spy, described as a “close confidante” of Andrew.

It is the newest affiliation of the Duke of York’s to trigger controversy, after his affiliation with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein led to him being faraway from royal duties after conducting a disastrous interview with BBC Newsnight.

Details of his relationship with H6 have been revealed after the businessman misplaced an enchantment over a choice to bar him from getting into the UK on nationwide safety grounds.

He introduced a case to the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) after then-home secretary Suella Braverman mentioned he ought to be excluded from the UK in March 2023.

Judges have been instructed that H6 had been able to generate relationships between distinguished UK figures and senior Chinese officers “that could be leveraged for political interference purposes”.

They additionally mentioned H6 had downplayed his relationship with the Chinese state, which mixed along with his relationship with Andrew, 64, represented a menace to nationwide safety.

At a listening to in July, the specialist tribunal heard the businessman was instructed by an adviser to Andrew that he may act on the duke’s behalf when coping with potential buyers in China, and that H6 had been invited to Andrew’s birthday celebration in 2020.

A letter referencing the birthday celebration from the adviser, Dominic Hampshire, was found on H6’s units when he was stopped at a port in November 2021.

In a ruling on Thursday, Mr Justice Bourne, Judge Stephen Smith and Sir Stewart Eldon, dismissed the problem.

It comes after the royal household reportedly took additional steps over the summer time to distance themselves from the disgraced duke, with the King mentioned to have axed his £1 million annual “living allowance” and the safety Charles had been privately funding for Andrew’s residence.

Andrew Lownie, who’s writing a biography of the Duke and Sarah, Duchess of York, mentioned the most recent revelations involving the King’s youthful brother would affect the broader household and the “future of the monarchy”, as he referred to as for higher transparency across the the royals’ funds.

He mentioned: “The real scandals surrounding him are financial more than sexual.

“Given he cannot police his own activities and understand where the moral boundaries lie, it is time for proper scrutiny of his finances and a public register of royal interests.

“Judging from online comments to newspaper articles, this episode is highly damaging for the whole of the royal family whose finances and business activities should now be more transparent.

“Time, too, for the exemption for them in the Freedom of Information Act be removed and their wills not sealed.

“After recent scandals, I think this is a very serious moment for the future of the monarchy.”

Buckingham Palace and the Duke of York’s workplace have been approached for remark.