The Guardian carries the same story and says the “admissions raise questions about years of denials from the couple”. The paper says that, in November 2020, lawyers for Lady Mone told it she was “not connected in any way” with the company, while lawyers for Mr Barrowman said he “never had any role or function”. It adds that, a month later, lawyers acting for the couple insisted that any suggestion of an association with the firm would be “misleading” and “defamatory”.