"Prince Andrew is said to have demanded a face-to-face meeting with MI5 amid the Chinese spy controversy, with it later cancelled at the last minute by the intelligence agency's boss.

The Duke of York had requested to speak to MI5 head Sir Ken McCallum in a bid to find out more about the security worries about his close confidant, Yang Tengbo.

Yang, a businessman and former York University student, was barred from returning to the country after intelligence agencies suspected he was gaining access to influential public figures on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party [CCP]. Mr Yang denies the allegations.

According to the Telegraph, Sir Ken agreed to meet Prince Andrew in June 2024, however the security chief later cancelled the meeting in the eleventh-hour.

The Duke was unenlightened to the situation regarding Yang, it is believed, even though he has the highest security clearance to this day, despite no longer being a working royal.

However any meeting between the MI5 boss and the royal would have been extremely abnormal due to the fact that the Prince's close confidant and business partner was under investigation.

Sir Ken reportedly cancelled the meeting when former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called a general election. The face-to-face discussion was not rescheduled with the pair never meeting."



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