The news comes as The Sun can also reveal photos of Andy with Tengbo — banned from the UK over claims he is a national security risk — are still showing on Buckingham Palace’s official Facebook page.
Just three days later, the Duke of York was named in court papers linking him to Chinese spy Yang Tengbo — although their relationship had been privately known since the summer.
Former Home Office Minister Norman Baker told The Sun’s Royal Exclusive show news of the December meeting was “extraordinary”.
The pair — plus China’s then-ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming and senior Communist Party politician Gao Yunlong — had been snapped together at the World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention in London in 2019.
DISGRACED Prince Andrew hosted China’s ambassador to the UK for a business meeting at the height of his spy scandal.
