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According to The Mirror, Andrew wants to rush the sale of the luxe real estate, “because his mother the Queen will not pay his lawyers’ fees.” It was previously reported that the monarch was footing her son’s legal bills but this was before talk of a settlement was made public.
Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson bought the seven-bedroom chalet in the Swiss resort town of Verbier in 2014 for £16.6million.
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Roberts claims that the prince had sex with her three times when she was a minor and that she was trafficked by the prince’s friend, dead convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew has denied the allegations.
The US judge overseeing the suit, Lewis Kaplan, could decide on Friday, “whether or not Andrew will face a full civil trial in New York after his lawyers argued this week that Miss Roberts’ case should not go to trial because of a 2009 civil settlement she made with Epstein,” according to the Daily Mail.
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Legal experts have predicted that Andrew could end up paying around £3million in a settlement, “If the case does go to trial and Andrew loses.” This week information circulated that Prince Andrew could settle out of court with Roberts to avoid the case going to trial. A public hearing into Andrew’s personal life would rain down further scandal on the monarchy in a year the queen is set to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee.
One source claimed, “If there was the potential to settle, well, that is an option, but it is in no doubt that the Queen would not assist him in doing so.” When the news broke that the 95-year old Queen was allegedly funding his court case, the reaction was swift and condemning.
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Last year it was reported that Andrew was, “close to selling the chalet to settle a legal dispute with its former owner, Isabella de Rouvre, 74. She claimed they still owed her £6.6million after allegedly missing the final instalment for the property on January 1, 2020.”
She sued Andrew over the debt but, “agreed to drop the legal proceedings when it emerged the property was close to selling for the asking price of £17.3million.”
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