denied the claims. our correspondent sean coughlan reports. more than 20 years after this photograph was claimed to have been taken, lawyers for prince andrew and virginia giuffre are now in a legal battle today over whether ms giuffre�*s civil case against him can proceed. ms giuffre, then called roberts, said she was trafficked by the paedophilejeffrey epstein and sexually assaulted by prince andrew in london, new york and the caribbean. the prince has consistently denied the allegations. prince andrew's lawyers will try to convince the court in new york that the case shouldn't go any further, claiming that a deal struck in 2009 between ms giuffre and epstein prevents herfrom pursuing her claims against him. the settlement, revealed yesterday, showed that epstein paid half a million dollars to giuffre to stop any further legal action against him. in the settlement, giuffre agreed to "release, acquit,