learning to read at the age of 51. it may be a little bit grey and damp for some this morning, but there is a good deal of sunshine on the way as we go into the second half of the afternoon. good morning. it s thursday, the 27th of january. prince andrew is demanding a trial byjury in a civil case brought by virginia giuffre, who has accused him of sexual assaulting her when she was 17. the prince denies her claims, and his lawyers have lodged papers with the us court, which set out several reasons why they say the allegations are false. these include a denial that andrew was a close friend of ghislaine maxwell, at whose house some of the alleged abuse took place. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has more details. across 11 pages, andrew s lawyers have set out his defence, a denial of the central allegation of sexual abuse made