After Ghislaine Maxwell trial, spotlight to fall on Prince Andrew again

While Duke of York largely escaped scrutiny in Maxwell's trial, his accuser, Virginia Giuffre, is due in court next week

Though he largely escaped scrutiny in Ghislaine Maxwell's trial, the Duke of York will not be able to dodge the spotlight in the new year when he is sued for alleged sexual assault.

Prince Andrew will have been deeply relieved when his accuser, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, was not called as a witness in Maxwell's case. But next week she is due in a New York court for the next stage of her civil action against him - a lawsuit Andrew's lawyers will do everything to get thrown out.