Several Chinese intelligence officers allegedly infiltrated a charity set up by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen of England’s wife, who died last year, working together and meeting her at Windsor Castle in 2017.
Chinese spies entered FaithInvest, a charity set up by Prince Philip and Martin Palmer in 1995 to develop environmental projects, and met the Prince in 2017 to conduct operations and gain influence, The Sun reported.
They also met with the Prince several times through a second charity, the Alliance for Religions and Protection (ARC).
Intelligence sources revealed that these spies worked for the Communist Party’s United Frontline Labour Department (UFWD), which British intelligence accused of spying.
“UFWD is engaged in intelligence and foreign intervention activities,” one of the sources said.
There is no information that Prince Philip or Martin Palmer, co-founders of the FaithInvest charity, knew the identity of Chinese spies.
The news comes after Britain’s domestic intelligence agency, MI5, warned in the House of Commons that it was an agent appointed by the Chinese government.
MI5 said a Chinese lawyer, Christine Ching Kui Lee, had been involved in political interference in the UK by acting in secret.
