Invesco High Income Trust II (VLT) N-14 8C Registration statement for closed-end investment company

CONSENT OF COUNSEL

We hereby consent to the use of our name and to the reference to our firm under the caption “Federal Income Tax Considerations of the Mergers” in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus included in the initial Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on Form N-14 for Invesco Van Kampen High Income Trust II.

/s/ Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP  

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
April 5, 2012