Buckingham Palace had denied sex case allegations

Buckingham Palace has recently released a statement regarding the allegations about a sex case in the US. 
The case has been filed in a Florida court by a woman, claiming that Jeffrey Epstein - American investment banker who has been previously convicted in court of sexual offenses - had loaned her to his rich an powerful friends. prince Andrew was named as one of those friends.

Prince Andrew went on holiday with the 

convicted sex offender

In the court documents she stated that "she was forced to have sexual relations with the Prince when she was a minor in three separate geographical locations: in London, New York and on Epstein's private island in the US Virgin Islands in an 'orgy' with numerous other underage girls. Epstein instructed her to give the Prince whatever he demanded and required her to report back to him on the details of the sexual abuse" 

The Prince himself, hasn't had the opportunity himself to deny this in court yet but Buckingham Palace have given a statement in response, " This related to long-standing and ongoing civil procedures in the United States to which the Duke of York (Prince Andrew) was not a party. As such we would not comment on the detail. However for the avoidance of doubt, any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors is categorically untrue."
It is rare for the Palace to comment on an ongoing court case however, they are denying Prince Andrew's association in this case.

Peter Hunt, BBC royal correspondent has said that "This is a long-running, complicated legal action which began in 2011. Prince Andrew did, in 2011, have to apologise for his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein."

"It is strange that the Palace should comment on allegations like this, in the past they have ignored them. 
Given it was on the Politico website and many national newspapers, I think they felt they had no choice but to make it clear that this denial was "absolute, total and emphatic," as one of the people close to him said to me."


The court documents stated that "Epstein's purposes of 'lending' girls to such powerful people were to ingratiate himself with them for business, personal, political and financial gain, as well as to obtain potential blackmail information."



Rajini Vaidyanathan, BBC Washington correspondent has told us that "While accusations are levelled against Prince Andrew, it's important to note that he is not party to the accusations."

Two women (known as Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2) are suing the US government, saying it failed to protect their rights when it entered into a plea deal with Epstein.
Another two women (Jane Doe #3 and Jane Doe #4) want to join the case; it's Jane Doe #3 who has made claims against Prince Andrew as part of this.



Jane Doe is not the names of the women. It is the name given in US legal proceedings to people with anonymity.