How do you solve a problem like Prince Andrew? In the latest episode of this palace soap opera, a Chinese businessman has been barred from the U.K. because of concerns he cultivated links with Andrew in an alleged effort to influence British elites on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party.

Royal sources say Prince Andrew has "done the right thing" after deciding not to join the rest of the Royal Family at Sandringham for Christmas and will instead stay at his Royal Lodge home

Mr Yang said the description of him as a spy was "entirely untrue" and that he had asked his lawyers to release his name due to "speculation and misreporting". "I have done nothing wrong or unlawful and the concerns raised by the Home Office against me are ill-founded,

An alleged Chinese spy who forged a close relationship with Prince Andrew has been identified by a British court, the latest twist in a case that has shone a light on Beijing’s influence inside Britain’s institutions.

A Chinese national with close links to Prince Andrew said he had done nothing wrong and was not a spy, after the businessman was named in court as being a suspected Chinese agent by the British authorities.

A suspected Chinese spy who became a confidant of disgraced Prince Andrew is only the "tip of the iceberg" of Beijing's espionage activities in the United Kingdom, former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith claimed on Monday.

Yang Tengbo, 50, met former Prime Ministers David Cameron and Theresa May and reportedly visited Buckingham Palace twice as a guest of the Duke.