Britain's Prince Andrew is facing scrutiny after cultivating a close relationship with a Chinese national barred from the UK on national security grounds. The High Court ruled that Andrew was prepared to engage in business activities with Yang Tengbo, who is alleged to have attempted to influence a member of the royal family.
Britain’s Prince Andrew has been caught up in an alleged spying case after cultivating an “unusual degree of trust” with a Chinese man who was barred from the country on national security grounds. The scandal-hit younger brother of King Charles III, was “prepared to enter into business activities” with the alleged spy, Britain’s High Court said in a written ruling Thursday, which referred to the Chinese national as H6.
The court lifted an anonymity order protecting his identity on Monday, allowing him to be named as Yang Tengbo. Yang had been subjected to the highest levels of national security investigation in the U.K., Thursday's ruling by judges, Charles Bourne, Stephen Smith and Stewart Eldon said, adding that British intelligence agencies feared he was attempting to gain influence over a member of the royal family. In a statement released through his lawyers, Yang said the “widespread description of me as a ‘spy’ is entirely untrue.” Nonetheless, the ruling said Andrew forged a relationship of “significant degree” with Yang, marked by an “unusual degree of trust,” the court ruling said, adding that he was “prepared to enter into business activities” with the Chinese national, who he invited to his 60th birthday party in 2020. Yang could reportedly “act on behalf” of the prince in engagements with potential partners and investors in China, the ruling said. Andrew’s office said in a statement provided to several media outlets that he “ceased all contact with the individual after concerns were raised.” It added that he “met the individual through official channels with nothing of a sensitive nature ever discussed.” Yang also sought connections with “prominent U.K. figures,” including politicians, which could potentially be “leveraged” for political interference by China, the court said
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