King Charles has been mentioned in new court documents regarding Prince Andrew's latest scandal. In new documents surrounding the Duke of York's previous friendship and business relationship with Yang Tengbo, a suspected spy, it has been said that the monarch was aware of an investment fund which Tengbo was involved in.

A witness statement provided to an immigration tribunal by Dominic Hampshire, a senior adviser to Prince Andrew, included claims that he was twice smuggled into Windsor Castle alongside Prince Andrew for clandestine meetings with the King during which the Eurasia Fund - a fund that would use Chinese investment and put it into renewable energy projects in Africa - was discussed. The fund would be a way for Andrew, 65, to have an income since stepping back from royal duty. The document states: “I have had two meetings with The Duke and His Majesty to discuss what The Duke can do moving forwards in a way that is acceptable to His Majesty. It is also of note that, amongst other topics, the Eurasia Fund and Aidan Heavey were discussed on both occasions with His Majesty. (For both these meetings with His Majesty, despite less media interest in The Duke, we took all precautions to get in and out of Windsor Castle without being seen.)”

As reported by The Telegraph, Mr Heavey is a former commodities trader and the former CEO of Tullow Oil, whose company owned 60 per cent of the shares in Eurasia Global Partners - a management consultancy firm which was linked to the controversial fund.

Yang, who was banned from the UK on national security grounds, was a junior partner and owned just under a third of the company.

A Buckingham Palace spokesman said tonight: "While His Majesty met with The Duke and his adviser to hear outline proposals for independent funding over the past year, the individual known as H6 was not mentioned at any time or in any way as part of these discussions."

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