Royal Family News: Prince Andrew Served With Papers, His Lawyers Plan to Boycott?

British royal family news shows that on Thursday the lawyers for Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who accuses Prince Andrew of rape, told The Sun that they served Prince Andrew with a writ. Within hours Andrew’s lawyers fired back that, “the papers were not properly served and plan to boycott Monday’s court hearing,” according to The Sun.

It was reported that the papers were accepted by the security chief at Andrew’s home.

Royal Family New – What Will Andrew Do Next?

According to the Daily Mail, a document filed yesterday shows that the Duke of York was served at his Royal Lodge mansion in Windsor last month.

Apparently the summons dated August 27 informed him he has 21 days from, “a set date to respond or face a default judgment. His lawyers are said to reject the notion that he has been served.”

But according to Virginia’s lawyers, an official process server was finally successful in delivering the papers at the Lodge after making five previous attempts.

Royal Family News – Andrew Has Been Served?

According to the document filed yesterday the courier was denied entry to the Lodge on August 26 and informed that the staff there had been “primed” to not to accept any documents.

Allegedly he returned the next day and staff at the main gate, “allowed him to leave the summons.”

Virginia’s lawyer David Boies said, “A policeman took the court papers and said he would give them to him (Andrew). We certainly didn’t expect that!”

The legal team reportedly also emailed a copy to Andrew’s lawyers and Boies said, “They responded saying they had got it.”

Royal Family News – Andrew Has Several Lawyers

Prince Andrew is being represented by several lawyers including Blair Berk who represented film producer Harvey Weinstein in his sex assault trial.

Virginia’s lawsuit was filed in New York on August 9 and the first hearing is set for Monday. Boies said, “At the moment we have no opponent. The way they have been approaching this, I don’t think someone will appear on his behalf. It will be quite a moment when these allegations are heard before a judge, but the real moment is when the judgment comes in.”

The prince’s team reportedly hopes to get the case thrown out on a technicality according to the Daily Mail. They report that his legal team said a document Roberts signed in 2009 may make her action invalid.

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