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A Chinese businessman, known only as H6, was invited to the Duke of York’s birthday party in 2020.
A 50-year-old Chinese national who formed an “unusual degree of trust” with Prince Andrew has lost an appeal over a decision to bar him from entering the UK on national security grounds.
A ruling by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC), published on Thursday, said that the man, known only as H6, was in a position to “generate relationships between prominent UK figures and senior Chinese officials” for political interference purposes by the Chinese regime.
The Chinese national was described as a “close confidant” of Prince Andrew but had not provided an open account of his relationship with the duke.
The ruling also said that he had “sometimes deliberately obscured his links with the Chinese State, the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] and the UFWD [United Front Work Department].”
This, combined with his relationship with the duke, represented a threat to national security, the document said.
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