Treatment server attempts to serve Prince Andrew at Royal Lodge with legal papers for sexual abuse lawsuit filed by Virginia Giuffre

Prince Andrew is being pursued in New York by Giuffre, who alleges she was sexually assaulted by the elder royal when she was 17. Giuffre is pursuing a civil action to obtain damages in an amount to be determined at the trial.

Buckingham Palace also previously denied his allegations in a statement to CNN saying: “It is categorically denied that the Duke of York had any form of contact or sexual relationship with Virginia Roberts. Any statement to the contrary is false and unfounded.

CNN has contacted attorneys for Virginia Giuffre but has yet to receive a response.

In an affidavit, the bailiff said he arrived at the Royal Lodge on the morning of August 26 and spoke to the security chief, who said the security team had been instructed to not allow anyone to try to serve legal documents on the ground and “not to accept service in any legal process,” according to the affidavit.

The bailiff said he was told that anything left there would not be passed on to the defendant, according to the affidavit. The bailiff said he phoned Prince Andrew’s lawyer and left a message, according to the affidavit.

The next day, the bailiff returned to the Royal Lodge and was told he could leave the legal documents securely at the main gates and that the documents would be forwarded to the defendant’s legal team, according to the affidavit.

Service of documents in this manner “conforms to the provisions for service on an individual defendant … as required by the Supreme Court of Justice of England and Wales,” according to the court document obtained by CNN.

A preliminary hearing is set for Monday, September 13 in New York in this case. It is not known how the prince’s lawyers will react.