Identity of Prince Andrew’s alleged ‘Chinese spy’ friend revealed by court
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Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson won’t be joining the rest of the Royal Family for Christmas dinner, it is understood. The Duke of York has faced further scrutiny after his links to an alleged Chinese spy were published for the first time. The alleged spy, Yang Tengbo, was banned from the UK by MI5 last week due to the potential security threat. He had been under an anonymity order known only as ‘H6’ until he revealed his name publicly to deny the allegations against him.
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Prince Andrew has now reportedly declined to spend Christmas with the rest of the Royal Family this year – but a spokeswoman for Buckingham Palace declined to comment to Metro. On Friday, the Duke said he had ‘ceased all contact’ with Tengbo following ‘advice’ from officials, and said he had never discussed anything of a ‘sensitive nature’ with him.
Yang, who penetrated the upper echelons of British society and had been invited to Buckingham Palace by Prince Andrew, has said he ‘would never do anything to harm the interests of the UK’ after his identity was revealed. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video.
Up Next. In a statement, 50-year-old Yang said he has ‘done nothing wrong or unlawful’, adding that the ‘widespread description of me as a “spy” is entirely untrue’. In 2023, Yang – who also is known as Tengbo Yang and Chris Yang – was banned from the UK by then-home secretary Suella Braverman after MI5 became concerned about information found on his phone.
