Britain’s Prince Andrew says he had “ceased all contact” with a businessman accused of being a Chinese spy when concerns were first raised about him.
The statement comes the same day a former UK minister on Friday called it “extremely embarrassing” that a suspected Chinese agent had become a confidante of the disgraced royal.
Andrew met the individual through “official channels” with “nothing of a sensitive nature ever discussed”, a statement from his office said on Friday.
The businessman – known only as H6 – has lost an appeal over a decision to bar him from entering the UK on national security grounds.
He brought a case to the UK’s Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) after then-home secretary Suella Braverman said he should be excluded from the UK in March 2023.
H6 was described as a “close confidante” of Andrew, also known as the Duke of York.
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