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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andy Gregory

Prince Andrew may have been pressured by Queen to settle sex case, Jeffrey Epstein’s former lawyer suggests

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Jeffrey Epstein’s former lawyer Alan Dershowitz has said he suspects Prince Andrew was “pressured by his mother” Queen Elizabeth II to settle the civil sexual assault case against him.

The Duke of York reached a multimillion-pound settlement in February 2022 with Virginia Giuffre, the Epstein victim who accused Andrew of sexually abusing her while she was underage in the United States.

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