The businessman has been banned from Britain on security grounds but is understood to have visited Buckingham Palace and met two former Prime Ministers

The disgraced Duke of York's former staffer, who has not been named and is only known as his "close confidant," has been banned from entering the UK.

The Duke of York says he has cut all contact with a person alleged to be a Chinese spy. The businessman is said to have been a ”close confidant” of Prince Andrew. Their links

A man who was reportedly appointed as a business adviser to Prince Andrew has been accused of being a Chinese spy and has been banned from the U.K., according to multiple reports.

An alleged Chinese spy who formed an "unusual degree of trust" with the Duke of York has been banned from the UK, after a judgement by the UK's semi-secret national security court. The man, known only as H6 and described as a "close confidant" to Prince Andrew, brought an appeal against his initial ban but the decision was upheld by the court.

Britain's Prince Andrew was facing intense media scrutiny on Saturday after revelations that a close Chinese business associate of the scandal-hit younger brother of King Charles was thought by the British government to be a Chinese spy.

In a statement the Duke of York said there was "nothing of a sensitive nature ever discussed" with the man.

A Chinese businessman who won "a significant degree" of trust from disgraced British royal Prince Andrew has been barred from the U.K.