Chinese spy claims add to Prince Andrew's woes

A former UK security minister said Friday that it was "extremely embarrassing" that a suspected Chinese spy had become a confidant of disgraced royal Prince Andrew. Judges on Thursday upheld a ban on the businessman, identified only as H6, from entering the country, and said the prince's troubles had left him "vulnerable" to exploitation. Asked whether the prince's advisers should have been more alert to the danger, former minister of state for security Tom Tugendhat told the BBC that "it's not quite as black and white as it may first appear –- but it's certainly extremely embarrassing". Former interior minister Suella Braverman banned H6 from entering the country in 2023 after her ministry found he had engaged in "covert and deceptive activity" on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party.