By MARK DUELL and TOM PYMAN and JAMES GANT and JEN SMITH and EMINE SINMAZ and REBECCA ENGLISH and DANIEL BATES
- Andrew and his accuser Virginia Giuffre reach out-of-court settlement in civil sex claim filed in New York
- Her lawyer wrote jointly with Andrew’s lawyers to say that the parties had ‘reached settlement in principle’
- Court papers show Duke will make ‘substantial donation to Ms Giuffre’s charity in support of victims’ rights’
- Buckingham Palace declines to comment on news which is in year of Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations
The Queen is to foot part of the bill for Prince Andrew’s sexual abuse lawsuit, which could end up costing some £12 million, reports claimed tonight.
The humiliated Duke of York’s mother is said to be set to help fund the settlement, which was agreed between lawyers in a sensational development on Tuesday.
The move is understood to be a bid to draw a line under the scandal before her much-anticipated Jubilee celebrations latter this year, which he will apparently be banned from attending.
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