Released court statement says alleged Chinese spy helped draft private letters to Chinese president

The alleged Chinese spy Yang Tengbo gave advice on drafting private letters from the Duke of York to China’s president, Xi Jinping, a former senior adviser to Prince Andrew told a special immigration tribunal.

Dominic Hampshire, who worked for Andrew from 2019-22, said Andrew had “always had a communication channel” with Xi which was “accepted” and may even have been encouraged by Buckingham Palace and the late Queen.