Yvette Cooper admits ‘complex’ relations with China amid Prince Andrew spy claims

UK home secretary stressed need for economic co-operation, 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 co-operation, 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 Andrew, according to the Times.

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