Explainer-Britains Prince Andrew and the sex scandal he cannot shrug off

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FILE PHOTO: Britains Prince Andrew, Duke of York attends the Royal Familys Christmas Day service at St. Mary Magdalenes church, as the Royals take residence at the Sandringham estate in eastern England, Britain December 25, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville//File Photo

LONDON - Britains Prince Andrew faced renewed scrutiny on Tuesday after the release of a posthumous memoir by Virginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent accusers of the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which detailed new allegations about the royal.

Andrew, 65, the second son of the late Queen Elizabeth and King Charles younger brother, has always denied accusations made by Giuffre, who died by suicide in April.

Here are details about the case and its implications for Andrew.

WHAT ARE GIUFFRES ALLEGATIONS ABOUT ANDREW?

In her memoir Nobodys Girl, Giuffre wrote that when she was a teenager she had been forced to have sex with Andrew, the eighth-in-line to the British throne, on three occasions at the behest of Epstein, including one occasion which she described as an orgy.

One of the occasions took place at the London home of Epsteins longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell who she says facilitated her introduction to Andrew.

The memoir says Andrew correctly guessed Giuffres age - 17 - when they first met, and includes details of encounters in London, New York, and on Epsteins private island. In her book, Giuffre said entitled Andrew believed it was his birthright to have sex with