QUEEN DRAGGED INTO COURT BATTLE

Her Majesty may be asked to take the stand to defend Andrew

Ever since Prince Andrew was embroiled in the horrendous scandal involving the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, he has hidden behind his mother’s skirts, money and power.

The Queen’s third child, 61, has barely left his mother’s estates in both Windsor and Balmoral since the case erupted, refusing to accept papers served to him by representatives of Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who accuses him in New York Civil Court of emotional distress and battery.

She claims Jeffrey, who died by suicide in his New York jail cell in 2019, trafficked her to have sex with Andrew on three separate occasions in 2001 in New York and London.

Last week, Andrew was preparing for a pre-trial hearing using a Hollywood heavyweight defence team which is rumoured to be paid for by his 95-year-old mother.

WAIVING IMMUNITY