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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
David Pegg

The rise of Yang Tengbo: what were his UK businesses?

Prince Andrew with Yang Tengbo at a Pitch@Palace China 3.0 event in October 2019.
Prince Andrew with Yang Tengbo at a Pitch@Palace China 3.0 event in October 2019. Photograph: Pitch@Palace/Youtube

During his time in the UK, Yang Tengbo created and operated a range of entities, interests and trade associations. The most intriguing is a company with a direct connection with one of Prince Andrew’s closest advisers.

In 2005, three years after he moved to the UK, Yang set up his principal company, Hampton Group International. Originally called Newland UK, its earliest accounts describe it as a tour operator rather than any form of consultancy. It appears to have been a quiet success, with an annual turnover of £1m just five years into its operations.

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