The most trusted lieutenant of Prince Andrew trusted in an alleged Chinese spy that his BBC Newsnight interview 2019 was 'extremely unwise and unsuccessful', the court documents revealed.
Dominic Hampshire, a former soldier and equerry at the Duke of Kent, wrote a long letter about Buckingham Palace Head-Motker in 2020 that Yang Tengbo thanked and described how they had worked together to pass on messages between 'presidents … different royal families And very senior things people. “
He also told about the struggles of the Duke who deal with the 'aftermath' of his television interview, in which Andrew was questioned by Emily Maitlis about his association with Jeffrey Epstein and claims from Virginia Giuffre that they had sex when she was 17.
In De Lange Noot, Mr Hampshire described how Andrew introduced him to Yang in 2019 and they met in the London hotel in Corinthia, where he heard from a 'whole new level of obsessive confidentiality'.
He added: 'So much has changed since that afternoon tea in the Corinthia. We have had to deal with the aftermath of a very poorly advised and non-successful television interview; We wisely navigated our way around former private secretaries and we have found a way to carefully remove those people that we do not fully trust. '
Mr. Hampshire said that he and Yang spoke 'almost daily' and had developed an 'unusual band of friendship, trust, support and loyalty'.
Hampshire described how Yang was sitting at the 'Top of the Boom' outside of Andrew's close confidant, who in the aftermath of his disastrous BBC interview, countless people were 'disappeared' from the prince's network because they 'simply are not true of them word or are red carpet hunters. '
He added that Yang, on the other hand, had shown 'total support and loyalty'.
Yang Tengbo, an alleged Chinese spy that also has the Anglicized name Chris Yang
Yang on an event next to a smiling prince Andrew, who is now confronted with questions about their relationship
The couple was so close that Yang was called 'special envoy of Prince Andrew' in some circles as 'Special Envoy of Prince Andrew'
In December, Yang, 50, was exposed as an alleged spy that reportedly operated on behalf of the Chinese Department United Front Work, the arm of the Chinese government that organizes Beijing's cultural influence operations.
Yang was forbidden to return to the UK on national security grounds in February 2023. His appeal to the Special Immigration Appeals Tribunal was rejected in December last year. Hundreds of pages with documents considered by the tribunal have been released today.
Yang denies the allegations. In a statement issued prior to the release of the documents, he said that “the allegations against me are completely unfounded, I did nothing wrong.”
He added: 'The position of the UK about his handling of China is inconsistent and irregular.
'As a homemade entrepreneur, I have built up a successful career that facilitates trade and investments between the UK and China.
'I was trained at a British university, I am a British taxpayer and my activities have led to significant investments and creating jobs in the UK.
“Stories about entrepreneurial success as these must be encouraged and celebrated, not punished.”
