'Extremely embarrassing': Ex-minister comments on Prince Andrew scandal

UK's former minister of state for security Tom Tugendhat has expressed his views on the new scandal involving Prince Andrew.

When asked to comment,, he said the BBC that "it's not quite as black and white as it may first appear –- but it's certainly extremely embarrassing.

Judges on Thursday upheld a ban on the businessman, identified only as H6, from entering the country, and said the prince's troubles had left him "vulnerable" to exploitation.

In the ruling, judges assessed H6 was in a position to "generate relationships between senior Chinese officials and prominent UK figures which could be leveraged for political interference purposes by the Chinese State".

The tribunal heard that the prince's aide Dominic Hampshire told the suspected spy that he could help in potential dealings with Chinese investors.

"Outside of his (Andrew's) closest internal confidants, you sit at the very top of a tree that many, many people would like to be on," Hampshire told H6 in a 2020 letter.

H6 also received an invitation to the prince's birthday party.