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The flying visit to Hong Kong paid by Prince Andrew, as he was then, in October 2010, was a relatively low-key affair. His trip merited a brief item in the South China Morning Post noting that he would meet with the then chief executive and financial secretary, the MTR chief and tycoon Li Ka-shing, while also attending a British Chamber of Commerce lunch.
This was, it seemed, a routine trip for the then prince in his capacity as Britain’s special representative for international trade and investment. He had attended an annual Hong Kong Trade Development Council dinner in London before the visit.
It was not imagined at the time that the trip to Asia, which also took in Vietnam, Singapore and Shenzhen, would form part of an investigation by British police in 2026 that has plunged the royal family into a crisis unprecedented in modern times.