A royal mess: Prince Andrew faces a US trial

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🗓️ 14 January 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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The Duke of York’s attempts to get a civil case over allegations of sexual assault thrown out have failed. Ed Helmore in New York examines the case against the prince and his narrowing options to salvage his reputation. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0	This is the Guardian.
0:07.2	Today, Prince Andrew is forced to face up
0:11.4	to the sexual assault case against him.
0:24.2	This week, Prince Andrew's ongoing legal saga came to a head.
0:28.6	Being no doubt this was a significant setback for Prince Andrew today.
0:33.6	On Wednesday, a judge in a New York courtroom
0:36.9	ruled that Virginia Jaffrey can proceed
0:39.3	with her civil sexual assault case against him.
0:41.9	Every strategy Prince Andrew's legal team
0:44.6	have tried has failed.
0:47.2	Jaffrey says she met the Prince
0:48.7	through the convicted sex offenders,
0:50.4	Jeffrey Epstein and Gillen Maxwell.
0:53.3	Andrew's friendships with both have raised questions.
0:56.0	But the Queen's second son says he doesn't recall ever having met Jeffrey.
1:01.0	The Prince's lawyers had tried to get the legal action
1:03.5	brought by Virginia Jaffrey thrown out.
1:05.9	And yet she has pushed on.
1:07.9	This rejection means the case will be heard later this year.
1:14.9	The Queen has now stripped Prince Andrew
1:16.8	of his royal and military titles.
1:18.6	Breaking news from Buckingham Palace,
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