Prince Andrew sexual assault case is set to take a new turn as Princess Beatrice and Sarah Ferguson may be questionedsoon.

The Duke of York’s eldest daughter daughter and ex-wife may be cross-examined on camera by Judge Louise Kaplan after the Duke of York’s attempt to quash the case was dismissed on Wednesday, implying she is Virginia Giuffre.

The 61-year-old has strongly denied Ms Giuffre’s allegations that he was forced to have sex with her more than two decades ago. His legal team has been asked to provide evidence to support his claims that he took Princess Beatrice to a Pizza Express restaurant in Woking, Surrey, on the night Ms Giuffre alleged that he had sex with her .

Princess Beatrice and Sarah Ferguson may both face questioning that evening and the days after Times has been informed.

According to the newspaper, this could happen in June as the nation marks the Queen’s platinum jubilee.

David Boise, Ms Giuffre’s lawyer, whose cross-examination of Gislaine Maxwell played a key role in subsequent perjury charges against her, will be able to question Prince Andrew on the allegations against him as well as conversations with the Queen.

New York District Judge Lewis Kaplan wants the statements to be completed by July and aims to have the case ready for trial by July 28, though he doesn’t expect it to begin until September.

It is not yet clear whether the royal will have to travel to the United States or will need to provide evidence in some other way, such as on video.

In his ruling on Wednesday, Judge Kaplan said the 2009 settlement could not protect Andrew from civil trial.

He said the key phrase that Andrew’s lawyers relied on – that “other potential defendants” were covered by the settlement deal – was “far from self-evident” for a number of reasons.

[Andrew] argues that he could have been included as a ‘potential defendant’ in the Florida case because Ms Giuffre made a general reference to ‘royalty’ in her Florida complaint, even though it did not name Prince Andrew as a defendant neither given nor mentioned. name,” Judge Kaplan says in the decision.

The judge said there was “no basis” for the inclusion of Andrew as a defendant in the 2009 case.

The decision was a major setback for the Duke of York, as said by lawyers for some of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims. daily Mirror “Nothing will be out of bounds” when Andrew is ousted.

Spencer Cuvin claimed that the Duke may face questions about her sex life and intimate details about her body.

Meanwhile, David Bois, Ms Giuffre’s lawyer, said last night that she is not interested in a “purely financial” settlement with the Duke, adding that she is seeking to be “correct”.

Buckingham Palace declined to comment “on an ongoing legal matter” including the Queen.