Prince Andrew served with legal papers for sex abuse lawsuit, Virginia Giuffre’s lawyers claim

Prince Andrew It is unclear whether Prince Andrew, the Queen’s second son, was at his residence at the time and whether his lawyers would say this was proper service. A representative for Andrew’s legal team did not immediately respond for comment. Buckingham Palace declined to comment on whether the Duke of York had been served, and has previously declined to comment on the litigation. Buckingham Palace has also previously The process server said he was told anything left there would not be forwarded to the defendant, the affidavit said. The process server said he called the number of an attorney for Prince Andrew that was given to him by the head of security and left a message, according to the affidavit. The next day, the process server returned to the Royal Lodge and was told he could leave the legal documents with security at the main gates and the documents would be forwarded to the defendant’s legal team, the affidavit said.A pre-trial hearing is set for Monday, September 13, in New York, though it was unclear how attorneys for Prince Andrew would respond.Giuffre, an alleged victim of sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, is alleging she was forced to perform sex acts with Prince Andrew. She told the BBC in 2019 that she was trafficked by Epstein and forced to have sex with his friends, including the Duke of York, when she was underage.Prince Andrew has previously repeatedly denied Giuffre’s allegations but his associations with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite and former girlfriend of Epstein who is currently charged with conspiracy and sex trafficking amongst other charges, continue to haunt him.US authorities have previously accused Andrew of not cooperating with attempts to interview him as part of the investigation into the alleged sex trafficking ring ​Epstein and Maxwell are suspected of operating. The Prince stepped back from royal duties in the wake of a 2019 interview he gave the BBC in which he was widely considered to have damaged his own credibility. He now rarely appears in public.CNN’s Max Foster reported from Berkshire, England, and Brian Vitagliano from New York.CNN has launched Royal News, a new weekly dispatch bringing you the inside track on the royal family, what they are up to in public and what’s happening behind palace walls. Sign up here.