The prince and the ‘spy’

Today in Focus

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🗓️ 18 December 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Prince Andrew is in trouble again, this time for meeting a businessman who has denied spying for China. Dan Sabbagh and David Pegg report. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0	This is The Guardian.
0:08.4	Today, he built relationships across the British establishment.
0:12.7	He won the trust of Prince Andrew.
0:15.3	Who was Chinese businessman Yangteng Bo working for.
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1:19.3	Agent Force. What AI was meant to be. In November 2021, a Chinese businessman trying to enter the UK is pulled aside by border security.
1:39.3	The man, initially given the pseudonym H6, has his phone taken away and searched.
1:45.7	And on it, investigators find a letter detailing a deep relationship between H6 and Prince Andrew.
1:53.8	The businessman attended the Royal's birthday party.
1:56.9	He even acted on his behalf in meetings with Chinese investors.
2:02.7	In February last year, H6 tries to enter the UK again, but this time he's off-bordered,
2:10.0	literally taken off the plane in Beijing.
2:12.8	He's told he's been banned from the UK because of his links to a secretive arm of the Chinese
2:18.7	Communist Party, the United Front Work Department.
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