Fresh court documents reveal further correspondence from the prince's aide to Yang Tengbo.

Dominic Hampshire, a close friend and adviser to the Duke, wrote to Yang Tengbo, an alleged Chinese spy, thanking him for standing by the embattled Duke in the aftermath of the November 2019 interview, which saw him forced to step back from public duties.

Prince Andrew's senior aide Dominic Hampshire is said to have told an alleged Chinese spy with links to the Duke of York that his car crash Newsnight interview had been a disaster

A senior adviser to the Duke of York told an alleged Chinese spy later banned from the UK that Andrew’s Newsnight interview had been “ill advised”, newly released documents show.Tribunal documents made available on Friday show that aide Dominic Hampshire thanked Yang Tengbo for standing by Andrew following the 2019 interview over his relationship with late billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.