Prince Andrew's military affiliations returned to queen

LONDON — Buckingham Palace said connected Thursday that Prince Andrew’s subject affiliations and royal patronages person been returned to Queen Elizabeth II with her “approval and agreement.”

The palace connection came aft much than 150 navy and service veterans wrote to the queen asking her to portion Andrew of each his subject ranks and titles amid continued ineligible occupation for the prince, who is embroiled successful a enactment battle suit successful the U.S.

“With the queen’s support and agreement, the Duke of York’s subject affiliations and royal patronages person been returned to the queen,” Buckingham Palace said successful a statement. “The Duke of York volition proceed not to undertake immoderate nationalist duties and is defending this lawsuit arsenic a backstage citizen.”

A U.S. territory justice connected Wednesday refused to disregard a civilian lawsuit against Andrew by an American woman, Virginia Giuffre, who alleges the royal sexually abused her erstwhile she was 17.

District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan rejected an statement by Andrew’s lawyers that Giuffre’s suit should beryllium thrown retired astatine an aboriginal signifier due to the fact that of an aged ineligible colony she had with Jeffrey Epstein, the financier she claims acceptable up intersexual encounters with the prince.

He stressed that helium wasn’t ruling connected the information of the allegations.

Andrew’s lawyers person said that the royal ne'er sexually abused oregon assaulted Giuffre and that helium “unequivocally denies Giuffre’s mendacious allegations against him.”