Prince Andrew sought secret advice from senior Chinese Communist officials as he tried to raise £2.5billion for his company, documents have revealed. The duke planned to “ leverage the role of the royal family ” to raise the money for his now-aborted Pitch@Palace entrepreneurs’ scheme in China, according to The Times.

Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein that they would “play some more soon” two months after he claims to have ended contact with the convicted paedophile. Newly surfaced messages have revealed the Duke of York remained in contact with the disgraced financier until February 2011 - despite having claimed to have cut him off in December 2010.

Prince Andrew is facing the possibility of a renewed FBI investigation into his connections with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, following statements from Donald Trump's nominee for