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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent

Ex-royal aide says trying to reopen deal with Virginia Giuffre won’t help Prince Andrew

Prince Andrew pictured leaving the royal family’s traditional Christmas Day service  in Sandringham, Norfolk
Prince Andrew pictured leaving the royal family’s traditional Christmas Day service in Sandringham, Norfolk, in December. Photograph: Daniel Leal/AFP/Getty Images

Any attempt by Prince Andrew to try to row back an out-of-court deal with a woman with whom he is accused of having sex when she was a teenager is unlikely to rehabilitate him in the royal family, a former senior royal aide has warned.

The Duke of York was at the weekend urged to challenge his legal settlement with Virginia Giuffre by Alan Dershowitz, an American lawyer who himself was previously accused by her of sexual abuse.

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