Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre.... The chalet's previous owner French socialite, Isabelle de Rouvre

The Queen would be asked to help fund any potential settlement the Duke of York pays his accuser, The Telegraph understands. The option to pay off Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who has accused the Duke of sexually abusing her when she was 17, has not been ruled out by his legal team as it faces the prospect of an exposing and potentially damaging trial. The monarch has been funding the Duke’s spiralling legal fees since he first appointed a solicitor last February, shortly after the disastrous Newsn

It is hard being a prince when you haven’t actually got very much money.... In 2016, it was flattened to make way for a contemporary home. Prince Andrew had made a number of trips to Kazakhstan as a UK trade envoy before being forced to step down from that role over his friendship with Epstein.... A few months earlier, the Prince and Epstein had been photographed together in Central Park after Epstein had been released from jail....

THE Duchess of York stayed out of sight yesterday as her ex-husband’s sex abuse case was heard – but his daughters carried on with their ski holiday. Eugenie and Beatrice were spotted out and about in the swish Swiss ski resort of Verbier with their respective husbands Jack Brooksbank and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.... This is what we practice and we make compromises." When asked about his involvement in the Epstein case Sarah replied: “ You know Bruno, I will stand by his side.... 4 Andrew followe

It was the Duchess of York’s money troubles that shone the spotlight back onto Prince Andrew’s ill-judged friendship with Jeffrey Epstein a decade ago. His ex-wife was forced to apologise after it emerged she had accepted ￡15, 000 from the convicted paedophile financier to help pay off her debts. Now, it seems that same friendship could prove a much heavier financial burden – one that might have to be settled by the Queen. Legal experts have suggested that the Duke of York could be stung for dam

PRINCE Andrew’s lawyers are to launch a fresh bid to get the lawsuit against him dismissed, it was reported. Accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre said she is unlikely to accept a pay off and the Duke is currently waiting on tenterhooks for a judge to decide whether her civil lawsuit will be ditched.... It has not been completed yet....

The A4 letter came in a hardback envelope complete with a first class stamp.... Mr Brettler is rumoured to be charging around$ 2, 000( ￡1, 476) an hour, while the Duke has also hired Melissa Lerner, a Princeton and Columbia graduate.... Both work for Lavley Singer, a renowned Los Angeles-based law firm reputed for its ability to make celebrities’ legal problems “ go away ” – and commanding the fees to do so....