King Charles was briefed all about the arrest of an alleged Chinese spy earlier this year, in a sign of how seriously the Government took the potential security threat.
Two men, including a parliamentary researcher who has worked alongside several senior Tory MPs, were arrested in March over suspicions they had been spying for China.
At this time the case was kept secret from the public, however the King was one of a very small number who were kept up to date with all the information from the arrests.
It is understood he was told as part of his national security briefings, with the arrests not becoming public knowledge until last week.
A source said told the Daily Mail: “Only about ten people in the country knew the details and one of them was the King.”
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It is possible that Charles knew about the spying allegations at the time of his Coronation in May, which was attended by China’s Vice President Han Zheng.
While in the UK the Chinese Vice President met several senior figures of royal and political life, including Prince William, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden.
The former parliamentary aide has strongly denied the allegations against him.
Meghan was pictured in the audience beaming and clapping as her husband spoke, although he did not mention her in his address.
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