Graham Satchell

So the judges say during this period of time, Prince Andrew was vulnerable to influence. So perhaps we should explain why Prince Andrew used to be a working member of the royal family. But then he had a relationship, a friendship with the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. He defended that relationship in a rather calamitous BBC interview.

So the judges say during this period of time, Prince Andrew was vulnerable to influence. So perhaps we should explain why Prince Andrew used to be a working member of the royal family. But then he had a relationship, a friendship with the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. He defended that relationship in a rather calamitous BBC interview.

and then was stopped from being a working member of the royal family and suffered financially as a consequence. So the judges in this case are saying it's obvious that the pressures on the Duke could make him vulnerable to the misuse of that sort of influence. They're talking about the influence of this Chinese businessman.

and then was stopped from being a working member of the royal family and suffered financially as a consequence. So the judges in this case are saying it's obvious that the pressures on the Duke could make him vulnerable to the misuse of that sort of influence. They're talking about the influence of this Chinese businessman.

He says that he was just a legitimate Chinese businessman trying to foster relations between Chinese businesses and British businesses. And that he claims that you can't sort of really do business in China unless you have some sort of relationship with the Chinese Communist Party.

He says that he was just a legitimate Chinese businessman trying to foster relations between Chinese businesses and British businesses. And that he claims that you can't sort of really do business in China unless you have some sort of relationship with the Chinese Communist Party.

The Home Office say that effectively that's rubbish and that he was being covert and deceptive about his full relationship with the Chinese Communist Party and they considered him to be a threat to national security.

The Home Office say that effectively that's rubbish and that he was being covert and deceptive about his full relationship with the Chinese Communist Party and they considered him to be a threat to national security.

He was. He had a very significant role and a valued member, I think, as far as the government was concerned, because he used to go on trade envoys all around the world. And it was considered by his brother, the king, in the end, that he could no longer play an active role. Graham Satchell talking to Bernadette Kehoe.

He was. He had a very significant role and a valued member, I think, as far as the government was concerned, because he used to go on trade envoys all around the world. And it was considered by his brother, the king, in the end, that he could no longer play an active role. Graham Satchell talking to Bernadette Kehoe.