PRINCE Andrew on Tuesday sensationally settled his sex abuse case with accuser Virginia Giuffre.
The Duke of York is understood to have paid out up to £12million to settle his sexual abuse lawsuit with Virginia Giuffre.
The Duke, 61, caved in after 72 hours of secret negotiations to avoid overshadowing the Queen’s jubilee celebrations.
It means the Queen's second son will now avoid the case against him being heard in a US courtroom.
Andrew and Virginia had been due to put the shocking claims to a jury trial - and the Duke was just weeks away from being deposed in a two-day grilling in London.
The allegations had seen the Royal Family shaken to its foundations as the Duke was stripped of his titles and banished from public life.
Repeatedly and strongly denying all allegations against him, Andrew had seemed ready to take the case to court in the US.
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