Prince Andrew’s lawyers will interview Virginia Giuffre about her sex abuse allegations under oath, it has been revealed.

Ms Giuffre claims convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein trafficked her to have sex with the Duke of York when she was 17-years-old.

She has brought a civil suit against the Royal, who vehemently denies the accusations and insists he did nothing wrong.

As part of this case, Ms Giuffre has agreed to be questioned by Andrew’s lawyers, Andrew Brettler and Melissa Lerner, in April.

The news comes after it was announced that Andrew himself would face a deposition under oath on March 10.

At the time, a source close to the royal said Ms Giuffre had not yet committed to a date or location for her deposition ‘despite repeated requests’.

Ms Giuffre’s lawyers, David Boies and Sigrid McCawley, are expected to question the Duke for two whole days in London – a location reportedly considered to be neutral.

US Judge Lewis A Kaplan has previously written to the Senior Master of the Queen’s Bench Division in the UK to ask for help in gathering evidence.

The judge wants Andrew’s former assistant, Robert Olney, to be quizzed on topics such as Duke’s communications with Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein and Ms Giuffre, and his travel to Epstein’s homes.

In a separate letter to the High Court, Judge Kaplan also requested testimony from Shukri Walker – a witness who claims she saw Prince Andrew with a ‘young girl’, who may have been Ms Giuffre, at London’s Tramp nightclub in March 2001.

Andrew is accused of abusing Ms Giuffre at Maxwell’s London’s home, during a visit to Epstein’s private island Little James and at Epstein’s Manhattan mansion, all in the early 2000s.

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The civil sex assault trial is scheduled to take place in the US between September and December.

Andrew and Ms Giuffre have until July 28 to decide whether they was to escalate things to a trial.

The Duke previously ‘demanded a trial by jury on all causes of action asserted in the complaint’ arguing several defences ‘without assuming the burden of proof, and expressly denying any and all wrongdoing’.

At the time, Mr Boies said: ‘Prince Andrew’s Answer continues his approach of denying any knowledge or information concerning the claims against him, and purporting to blame the victim of the abuse for somehow bringing it on herself.

‘We look forward to confronting Prince Andrew with his denials and attempts to blame Ms Giuffre for her own abuse at his deposition and at trial.’

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