Prince Andrew, the British King’s brother who stood again from public life following his disastrous TV interview justifying his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, is within the crosshairs of one other scandal regarding his friendship with a person accused of being a Chinese language spy.
The BBC reports that Andrew released a statement Friday, asserting that he had “ceased all contact” with an unnamed businessman accused of espionage, that he had met the person “by means of official channels” and that “nothing of a delicate nature was ever mentioned.”
The alleged spy, often called H6, has been banned from the UK after a judgement by a secret safety court docket continuing in 2023, throughout which, the BBC reviews, judges have been advised he had sought to leverage Andrew’s affect. The official press workplace at Buckingham Palace didn’t touch upon the allegations, saying that Andrew was a non-working royal, subsequently past their area. The BBC requested however acquired no additional remark from Andrew.
Saturday’s Times of London newspaper continued the story, reporting that Andrew had continued to record a Buckingham Palace tackle for the Chinese language arm of his start-up funding firm, regardless of directions to stop in 2019.
Pitch@Palace International, Prince Andrew’s undertaking which linked fledgling companies with buyers, was paused in 2021 after his disastrous BBC Newsnight interview about his connections to Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier. The Occasions now reviews that authorized paperwork present he retained an curiosity in a Chinese language firm, which listed his tackle for service as Buckingham Palace, till it was eliminated in 2023.
The paper reviews that Pitch@Palace International Restricted is managed by Andrew by means of a belief, and stays energetic with vital money reserves.
