Prince Andrew seen as ‘valuable channel’ by China & MI5 ‘questioned duke about relationship with spy’, court docs show

PRINCE Andrew was seen arsenic a "valuable connection channel" by China, caller documents claim.

The papers besides suggest MI5 questioned the Duke of York's astir elder adjutant astir his "clandestine" narration to an alleged Chinese spy.

The royal, 64, archetypal met Yang Tengbo, 50, successful 2013 and helium became a adjacent confidant, helping to motorboat his Pitch@Palace concern inaugural successful China.

The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) released hundreds of pages of disclosures connected Friday aft Yang failed to overturn a ruling banning him from the UK arsenic a nationalist information risk.

Among the documents retrieved from Yang's telephone and laptop was a crib expanse for a planned telephone betwixt the accused spy and "TD" - the duke, reports The Sunday Times.

It added that China's ambassador to London Zheng Zeguang, regarded Andrew arsenic a “valuable connection channel”.

Meanwhile, further documents retrieved from Yang's devices amusement the duke hoped to leverage the Firm's reputation to rise $3billion (£2.4bn) of planetary financing for a cookware to "break unproductive technological and endowment blockades against China".

EPSTEIN SCANDAL

Andrew is besides facing further questions astir his narration with precocious paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Emails from a abstracted ineligible lawsuit look to amusement the royal was successful interaction with Epstein for weeks longer than helium has antecedently admitted during his disastrous Newsnight interview.

Andrew was forced to measurement backmost from royal duties pursuing the chat in November 2019 successful which helium refused to condemn his narration with billionaire.

He besides claimed helium had severed ties with Epstein successful December 2010 but emails came to airy this week showing they were inactive talking 2 months later.

He said helium didn't spot oregon talk to Epstein aft they were pictured strolling done Central Park successful New York City soon aft the paedo was released from jailhouse for kid enactment offences.

But emails disclosed successful a filing by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) uncover helium spoke to Epstein successful February 2011.

In an email, helium told Epstein: "Keep successful adjacent interaction and we’ll play immoderate much soon!!!!"

The emails person been exposed arsenic the FCA defends an entreaty by erstwhile Barclays Bank brag James Edward "Jes" Staley.

Andrew paid millions to Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre in an out-of-court colony 3 years ago, portion denying intersexual battle accusations.

The royal could look an FBI probe after the antheral acceptable to beryllium the bureau's caller brag vowed to "do everything" to exposure those who worked with Epstein.

Donald Trump’s prime for FBI head, Kash Patel, has Andrew successful his sights aft telling a Senate proceeding helium is acceptable to analyse anyone connected to convicted paedophile Epstein, who died successful 2019.

The duke was besides deed by a drawstring of caller humiliations yesterday arsenic his representation was stripped from a historical pub.

Andrew faces past orders astatine The Duke of York pub successful Fitzrovia, cardinal London, wherever signs with his representation were pulled down.

And a caller publication claims lawman Prime Minister Angela Rayner referred to him as "that nonce" successful an astonishing rant.

Referring to discussions connected whether to dump Andrew from the monarchy, she reportedly said: “I’m not going to ballot to support that nonce on… I can’t spell backmost to my constituency and say, yeah, I enactment that.”