King Charles is dragged into Prince Andrew's 'Chinese spy' scandal as bombshell court documents claim he was briefed about an investment fund

King Charles was contiguous dragged into the Chinese spy ungraded engulfing Prince Andrew aft caller tribunal documents claimed helium was personally briefed astir an concern money involving the alleged agent.

A witnesser connection made by Andrew’s elder adjutant Dominic Hampshire successful enactment of Yang Tengbo – who was banned from Britain connected nationalist information grounds – said determination were 2 meetings with Charles betwixt December 2023 and May past year.

Mr Hampshire, the duke and the King discussed ‘what the Duke tin bash moving forwards successful a mode that is acceptable to His Majesty’ aft his concern opportunities dried up pursuing disclosures astir his narration with billionaire American paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Part of their discussions centred astir an concern conveyance called the ‘Eurasia Fund’, successful which Yang was straight involved.

The money was intended to usage Chinese concern successful renewable vigor projects successful Africa but ne'er got disconnected the ground. There is nary proposition the King was alert of immoderate information concerns relating to Yang.

Mr Hampshire penned his witnesser connection successful enactment of Yang successful May past twelvemonth aft the Chinese businessman appealed to the Special Immigration Appeals Commission implicit the determination to barroom him from Britain amid claims helium was spying for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

He fought to support the papers backstage but it was released yesterday [Fri] pursuing an exertion by assorted media organisations, including the Daily Mail.

It elaborate that, contempt discussing concern opportunities involving Yang – who went by the anglicised sanction ‘Chris’ – with the King arsenic precocious arsenic past year, Mr Hampshire had been made alert that determination were concerns astir the businessman arsenic aboriginal arsenic December 2021.

The erstwhile Army skipper and equerry to the Duke of Kent, described however helium was called successful to spot Sir Edward Young, the precocious Queen’s backstage secretary, that month.

When Sir Edward said that concerns had been raised by the information services, Hampshire is said to person replied: ‘We're doing rather a batch of enactment with Chris [Yang]. What bash you expect maine to bash with this information?’

In his statement, helium described the remainder of the conversation. ‘I said, words to the effect, that “Chris is beauteous overmuch our lone avenue for The Duke moving guardant and arguably the lone airy astatine the extremity of the passageway for him. Do you person a program B?".  

'Sir Edward said that helium did not. I said that I could not judge this unless idiosyncratic spoke to maine straight and explained why. I did marque it precise wide to Sir Edward that if I was told thing that genuinely whitethorn adversely impact The Duke (or my country) successful immoderate mode whatsoever, I would of people cease each communication.’

He said helium besides sought proposal from the Lord Chamberlain, past Lord Parker, erstwhile manager wide of MI5, but was rebuffed.

‘The Lord Chamberlain wouldn’t springiness maine immoderate proposal and beauteous overmuch dismissed me,’ helium said successful his statement.

He said it was 5 months earlier helium was contacted by the quality services for a gathering wherever helium was told determination ‘was interest astir Chris, and that helium has a level of influence’. He was besides asked astir the Eurasia Fund and Yang’s ‘influence’ connected the Duke of York.

He wrote: ‘In conclusion, I said “are you asking maine to stop?" She said, “no, I can't inquire you to stop. But we person genuine concerns astir Chris and his power connected The Duke of York." That was the extremity of it, and I person not heard thing since.’

Mr Hampshire’s connection besides revealed that Prince Andrew continues to nonstop a missive to Chinese President Xi Jinping connected his day each year. He claimed this was ‘encouraged’ by Buckingham Palace.

Documents antecedently released successful the lawsuit amusement Mr Hampshire had thanked Yang for lasting by Andrew pursuing his 2019 Newsnight interrogation implicit his narration with precocious billionaire enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Yang was besides invited to Andrew's 60th day enactment and was integral successful launching the duke’s Dragons Den-style concern roadshow, Pitch@Palace, successful China.

In February 2023, Yang was ‘off-boarded’ from a formation from Beijing to London and told helium would beryllium banned from the UK due to the fact that of suspicions that helium was an cause for the Chinese state. That determination was confirmed the pursuing period by past Home Secretary Suella Braverman.

In a connection released connected Friday arsenic his witnesser connection successful enactment of Yang was made public, Mr Hampshire said: ‘The tendency to support my witnesser connection retired of the media was solely to support the confidential interactions I had with Buckingham Palace and the quality services.

‘At each times I sought to support the champion interests of the Royal Family with integrity and loyalty.

‘For the record, arsenic soon arsenic The Duke of York was advised to cease each interaction with Mr Yang, helium afloat complied. He did not person a penny successful backing oregon support, straight oregon indirectly, from immoderate Chinese idiosyncratic oregon entity.

‘I americium present a backstage businessman and nary of my concern interests are connected to immoderate subordinate of the Royal Family.’

Yang Tengbo says claims helium is simply a spy are 'entirely unfounded'. 

A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said tonight: ‘While His Majesty met with The Duke and his advisor to perceive outline proposals for autarkic backing implicit the past year, the idiosyncratic known arsenic H6 was not mentioned astatine immoderate clip oregon successful immoderate mode arsenic portion of these discussions.’

Royal aides person agelong made wide the King’s interest astir his brother’s manner and the contented of however helium is backing his surviving his arrangements astatine 30-room Royal Lodge astatine Windsor has agelong been a bony of contention betwixt them.

The Mail understands that successful his meetings with The King, The Duke whitethorn person concisely mentioned that helium was pursuing concern opportunities with an entity called the ‘Eurasia Fund’.

However this money was not discussed successful immoderate level of detail, nor did His Majesty oregon his advisers springiness support to this concern narration oregon opportunity, it is claimed.

It is besides believed to person been discussed successful communal with galore different organisations and individuals, and among a fig of different proposals.

Buckingham Palace has made wide it volition not get drawn into commenting connected idiosyncratic assertions made successful immoderate witnesser testimony, nevertheless sources person powerfully indicated it does not conform with their knowing and grounds of events.

There was a beardown consciousness of vexation contiguous down palace walls implicit Hampshire’s account, however.

While determination was nary denial that the businessman met with the precocious Queen’s Private Secretary, Sir Edward Young, it was understood to person been made wide to him that it would been wholly inappropriate to stock confidential information information.

Similarly erstwhile Hampshire says helium was ‘dismissed’ by the Lord Chamberlain, Lord Parker, it was because, adjacent arsenic a erstwhile caput of the quality services, it would besides person been a ‘clear breach of his position’ to adjacent person specified a treatment with idiosyncratic who wasn’t adjacent Andrew’s backstage caput but simply a concern advisor.