a number of institutions. a wildlife conservationist who heads wildlife direct so she was meant toward buying richard leakey as had many other young kenyans, and pay tribute saying he was very courageous, he was a person who stood for integrity, whether it was in wildlife conservation, whether it was related to archaeological and palaeoanthropology call research of museums, or whether it was related to politics. richard leakey has served as the head of the civil service from 1999 through to march 2001. richard leakey, who has died at the age of 77. ajudge in the united states has thrown out prince andrew s attempt to halt proceedings in a civil lawsuit against him. the duke of york s lawyers had argued that virginia giuffre,
supporting victims rights. there is no question mark there will be no public fund there will be no taxpayers money going towards this. reporter: for the prince tonight, the end of a damaging case stretching back two decades. virginia giuffre claims she was first assaulted by prince andrew in march 2001. in 2010, he s photographed with jeffrey epstein after epstein is released from prison. in 2019, he records an interview with the bbc wilydeie vwed as a disaster. in it he says he does not remember being photographed with giuffre in this picture. i have no recollection of ever meeting this lady. none whatsoever. reporter: then in january this year, he loses a battle to have a new york court throw out the case, and he is stripped of his royal patronages. the queen has avoided ugly headlines in her jubilee year, but her second son will likely never recover his standing in the royal family. lester? all right, keir
end of a damaging case stretching back two decades. virginia giuffre claims she was first assaulted by andrew in march 2001. in 2010, he s photographed with jeffrey epstein after he s released from jail. 2019, he records an interview with the bbc, widely viewed as a disaster. in it, he says he does not remember being photographed with giuffre in this picture. i have no recollection of ever meeting this lady. none whatsoever. reporter: then in january this year, he loses a battle to have a new york court throw out the case. he is stripped of his royal patronages. nbc s keir simmons with that report. charles coleman, what does a settlement like this tell you? potentially the possibilities are as to what happened, because they re not releasing a lot of key information. well, what we can surmise glean. reading between the lines and reading the tea leaves, there was substance to these claims, right? right. a lot of times what happens
averting a court battle, not admitting liability but clearing his name, regretting the relationship with the late jeffrey epstein and commending the bravery of virginia giuffre and other members trafficked. virginia giuffre said she was sexually assaulted by the prince trafficked by epstein. this was a scary time in my life. i d just been abused by a member of the royal family. prince andrew now paying an undisclosed sum to a charity she chose supporting victims rights. there there nobody taxpayers money going towards this. reporter: for the prince, the end of a damaging case stretching back two decades, virginia giuffre claims she was first assaulted by prince andrew in march 2001. in 2010, he s graphed with jeffrey epstein. in 2020 he records an interview
repeated denials of the allegations, prince andrew said he has no recollection of even meeting giuffre. i can absolutely categorically tell you it never happened. reporter: giuffre claimed one of the alleged sexual encounters happened in march 2001 after dancing with the prince at a manhattan nightclub. she described dancing with you and you profusely sweating and she went on to have there s a slight problem with the sweating. because i have a peculiar volition which i don t sweat. reporter: prince andrew who served in the royal navy said he developed the rare medical condition during his combat in the war. with this photo appearing to show him giuffre when she was