Prince Andrew’s reputation damaged for ever by Giuffre claims, experts say

Lawyers say Duke of York has lost in court of public opinion and is unlikely to engage with civil case in US

The Duke of York faces an uphill struggle" to combat the impact of the sex offences allegations made against him and has already lost in the court of public opinion, leaving his reputation highly tarnished" and a return to royal duties impossible, experts have said.

Following a damaging two weeks in which Andrew's accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre lodged a civil lawsuit in New York alleging he had sex with her when she was 17, and a source claimed he was a person of interest" in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, the duke is now caught between a rock and a hard place," said one expert.