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Yesterday, a judge ruled that Andrew’s civil sex assault case could proceed after the Duke of York’s lawyers attempted to get it thrown out by citing a 2009 settlement between convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew’s accuser, Virginia Giuffre.

Judge Kaplan has said that he wants the deposition to be completed by July – just a month after the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee – although he does not expect the case to begin until September.

Although Ms Giuffre’s lawyers cannot compel Andrew’s daughters and their mother to give evidence, if they or the Prince refuse, the jury could be informed.

Prince Andrew has strenuously denied Ms Giuffre’s claims.

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Prince Andrew branded ‘shameful’ for how he conducted himself during Epstein scandal

Prince Andrew has been branded by a royal expert as “shameful” for how he has conducted himself in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

The Daily Mirror’s royal editor Russel Myers suggested that the Prince’s Newsnight interview, his “wall of silence” and the fact that he tried to get off on a technicality do not make him look ‘honourable’. 

Speaking on royal podcast ‘Pod Save The Queen’, hosted by Zoe Forsey, Mr Meyers said:  “The way that he has conducted himself, be it his ‘Newsnight’ interview, talking about being honourable, talking about how the relationship with Epstein was beneficial to him, the wall of silence that has persisted throughout this case with Virginia Giuffre, is frankly shameful.”

He added: “I think that in the court of public opinion, which is absolutely rampant right now, a lot of people are saying that it’s not a particularly honourable thing to be trying to get off facing a court, and facing down your accuser, from a technicality that was used by a convicted sex offender and paedophile who chose to take his own life, rather than face further scrutiny in court.”

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