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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
James Tapper, Richard Palmer, and Toby Helm, political editor

Advice ignored by ministers could have blocked Prince Andrew ‘spy’

Prince Andrew meeting China’s president, Xi Jinping, in Beijing in 2018
Prince Andrew meeting China’s president, Xi Jinping, in Beijing in 2018. Photograph: Getty Images

Ministers failed to act on advice to tighten security laws that could have prevented an alleged Chinese spy from targeting Prince Andrew, a ­former attorney general has said.

Dominic Grieve, a former Tory MP who chaired the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) until 2019, said ministers were advised five years ago to introduce laws to criminalise foreign agents, but failed to do so. Similar laws already exist in the US and Australia.

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