Friend
with benefits? Ask Prince Andrew
Alison
Phillips
Only the
disgraced prince would be daft enough to invite an alleged spy for China to his
60th birthday party
Sat 14 Dec
2024 16.00 GMT
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/14/prince-andrew-alleged-china-spy
Here’s a
festive quiz for all the family.
Is Prince
Andrew:
a) Thicker
than a fig pudding?
b) Greedier
than Scrooge?
c) More
puffed-up than grandad after a plate of sprouts? Or:
d) All of
the above, plus a threat to national security who has cavorted with a suspected
spy and a convicted paedophile, plus other ne’er do wells in his bid for cash
and kudos?
Last week it
emerged that a close friend he appointed his business adviser, and to whom he
promised links to the heart of the royal family, was an alleged spy. And yet
Andrew apparently regarded the “alleged spy” so highly that he was told by
another adviser: “You sit at the very top of a tree that many, many people
would like to be on.”
Anyway, so
enamoured by his “alleged spy” pal was Andrew that he invited him to his 60th
birthday. I feel certain MI5 is right now shaking down the prince to learn what
he revealed to his contact, with whom Andrew claims to have severed ties after
receiving advice from the government, with nothing of a sensitive nature ever
discussed. Surely that’s what it would be doing to anyone else who’d been
palling up to a man now deemed too dangerous to be let back into the UK?
Perhaps our
agents can also quiz Andrew on who is stumping up the £3m he needs to stay in
Royal Lodge, from where the king wanted him evicted earlier this year.
In a
hilariously pompous press statement on Friday, Andrew’s spokesperson said: “He
is unable to comment further on matters relating to national security.” Which
is what he should have said to his Chinese friend.
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