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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Dan Sabbagh

Witness statement by Prince Andrew aide should be made public, court rules

Yang Tengbo and Prince Andrew standing in a room
The witness statement was made in support of Yang Tengbo (left) who became a business partner of Prince Andrew (right) but has since been barred from the UK. Photograph: Pitch@Palace/YouTube

A witness statement containing apparently “embarrassing or indiscreet” comments by an aide to Prince Andrew about his work should be made public, a tribunal has ruled after a legal challenge led by the Guardian.

Though the author of the document, Dominic Hampshire, a close friend of the prince, should have behaved with “discretion” regarding the royal family, that did not outweigh the principles of open justice, the judgment published on Friday said.

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