jubilee andrew was very much in evidence. much has happened in the years since. most of it in the case of andrew has been deeply embarrassing for the royal family. in his newsnight interview, where he said he could not remember meeting the 17 year old, andrew was asked whether he felt he had damaged the queen and the royal family. j whether he felt he had damaged the queen and the royal family.- queen and the royal family. i don t believe it s been queen and the royal family. i don t believe it s been damaging - queen and the royal family. i don t believe it s been damaging to - queen and the royal family. i don t believe it s been damaging to the i believe it s been damaging to the queen believe it s been damaging to the queen at believe it s been damaging to the queen at all. it has to meet. if i was in queen at all. it has to meet. if i was in a queen at all. it has to meet. if i was in a position to be able to answer was in a position to be able to answer all was in a pos
case so it s not a criminal conviction, but it would be found against him if he doesn t enter a defence against him. all he can decide now to contest it. he can go forward, he would have to give a deposition in the growth. there is no question of him turning up in court and giving evidence in court and being cross examined in court, but if he decides to contest it both stories will then be susceptible to challenge and certainly andrew s lawyers believe they do have grounds and believe there are inconsistencies in the story by virginia giuffre and they say they are keen to point these out. but as most lawyers would say, he has no good options now and one would imagine his advisers and there are
language, which itself is ambiguous. continuing to quotes, therefore the question of whether the release man which applies to prince andrew is reasonably susceptible to more than one interpretation on the equally important question of whether this defendant may invoke it. we will be getting more analysis on this, of course. but the top line, that the duke of york will be tried over allegations that he sexually assaulted virginia giuffre when she was underage after a us judge assaulted virginia giuffre when she was underage after a usjudge has ruled her civil lawsuit can proceed. so, prince andrew will face a civil trial in the united states. that judge in new york has decided against prince andrew s. and has
just messed by usjudge. ms giuffre is suing the prince saying he abused her when she was 17. a prince andrew has consistently denied the allegations. let s get a bit background now on this case from nicholas witchell. so, what does he do now and watch as the royal family do now and watch as the royal family do with him? after months in which andrew tried first to ignore the case then to avoid court papers being served on him and having finally appointed us lawyers to try to get the case dismissed, he finds himself facing some stark choices. his motion to get the case dismissed, having failed, andrew s options are meant to address he can settle out of court, there would be no admission of liability but will pay a perhaps substantial sum to virginia defray. he can do false, that is ignore the court case and, by default, there would be a finding against him. finally, he could fight it out in court. he
autumn, unless of course andrew does now seek an out of court settlement. that would be one imagines costly to him but they can only be an out of court settlement if virginia giuffre is prepared to settle. and there are suggestions that she now wants her day in court, that she wants her day in court, that she wants her day in court, that she wants her allegations fiercely denied by andrew, but that she wants these allegations to be aid in court. so we shall have to see but it is an absolute mess now. we heard a little bit earlier it is an absolute mess now. we heard a little bit earlier from it is an absolute mess now. we heard a little bit earlier from the it is an absolute mess now. we heard a little bit earlier from the media i a little bit earlierfrom the media lawyer saying prince andrew has no good options. he lawyer saying prince andrew has no good options- lawyer saying prince andrew has no good options- lawyer saying prince andrew has no good options. he has basically t