Yvette Cooper admits ‘complex’ relations with China amid Prince Andrew spy claims
by Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6SYFJ)
UK home secretary stresses need for economic cooperation, against backdrop of royal revelations
The UK home secretary, Yvette Cooper, has admitted the government has a complex arrangement" with China because of the need for economic cooperation, against the backdrop of the exclusion of an alleged Chinese spy with links to Prince Andrew.
The man - who was banned from Britain by the government on national security grounds - was invited to Andrew's birthday party and visited Buckingham Palace twice as well as St James's Palace and Windsor Castle at the invitation of the prince, according to the Times.
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