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criminal trial in new york in the autumn. throughout all of this, prince andrew has consistently denied any wrongdoing, any involvement. have yet had any reaction from his households, from the palace on this latest ruling from the judge in new york? i latest ruling from the udge in new york? . , ., , , latest ruling from the udge in new york? . , ., i, ., york? i have seen on myself so far, i am york? i have seen on myself so far, i am sure york? i have seen on myself so far, i am sure we york? i have seen on myself so far, i am sure we will york? i have seen on myself so far, i am sure we will soon. york? i have seen on myself so far, i am sure we will soon. there - york? i have seen on myself so far, i am sure we will soon. there is - york? i have seen on myself so far, i am sure we will soon. there is the court case, and he has strongly rejected any claims of wrongdoing but the source of reputational damage as well and how bad this will look having lost the attempt to use
think today s decision, while it is an interim ruling on a case that is not the same as a jury verdicts, it is more significant than most interim rulings, just because of the moment we re aim, and i think 2022 will be a significant year in terms of these allegations. ids, will be a significant year in terms of these allegations. will be a significant year in terms of these allegations. a reminder for viewers who of these allegations. a reminder for viewers who have of these allegations. a reminder for viewers who have just of these allegations. a reminder for viewers who have just joined i of these allegations. a reminder for viewers who have just joined us, i of these allegations. a reminder for| viewers who have just joined us, the viewers who havejustjoined us, the breaking news is that prince andrew will face a civil sex assault case after a us ruling after the prince has failed to get a ruling in his case to get the allegations of sexual assault dismissed looks a virginia g
the high court has ruled the government s use of a so called vip lane for the awarding of contracts to supply personal protective equipment during the pandemic was unlawful. campaigners brought the case arguing two companies were given lucrative deals because of their connections. 0ur correspondent, lucy manning, has been following the ruling: this is all about the enormous amounts of money the government spends in the first stage of the pandemic and things like masks and aprons and overalls for staff in hospitals on the front line. the bbc and others reported that some of that could not be used, some of it had failed safety tests and money was being spent that didn t necessarily have to be spent. the government was taken to the high court about this vip lane. what this meant was that if you had a company
against her second son in september. it s a long and detailed ruling from thejudge in the district it s a long and detailed ruling from the judge in the district court in new york. 43 pages of it. it finishes with these words, the defendant s motion is denied in all respects. so there we are, his attempt to have this case dismissed has failed and i think that was entirely predictable given the tenor of the exchanges in court last week when andrew s council was given a very hard time by the judge and when andrew s council was given a very hard time by thejudge and it appeared then that he was not being persuaded that there were grounds, these third party beneficial grounds which andrew s council pleaded on his behalf that he was entitled to, the judge has rejected his behalf that he was entitled to, thejudge has rejected all of his behalf that he was entitled to, the judge has rejected all of that so it now goes forward to the prospect of a civil trial in the