PRINCE ANDREW will face a civil trial over allegations that he sexually assaulted Virginia Giuffre after a New York judge rejected his bid to have the case dismissed. 

Ms Giuffre, the accuser of billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, is suing the Duke of York for allegedly sexually assaulting her when she was 17. 

The prince’s lawyers had argued earlier this month that the case should be thrown out as Ms Giuffre had waived her right to sue anyone in connection to Epstein during her 2009 settlement with the dead financier.