Prince Andrew's accuser Virginia Giuffre is 'UNLIKELY to agree to a pay-off' to settle sex assault lawsuit as Duke 'tries to sell £17m Swiss chalet to foot legal bills' and Eugenie, Beatrice and Fergie fly home after Verbier ski break
Andrew said to be attempting to speed up chalet sale because the Queen will reportedly not cover legal bills
Andrew and ex-wife Sarah Ferguson bought the luxurious Verbier chalet in 2014 for £16.6million
Duke is needing to find the funds to pay his team of US lawyers as they battle claims made by Virginia Roberts
Source claimed that there is 'no doubt' that the Queen will not help Andrew to settle the case
Ms Roberts, who now uses her married name of Giuffre, claims that the prince had sex with her three times
It emerged this week that Prince Andrew could try to settle out of court with Ms Roberts to avoid possible trial
Virginia Roberts Giuffre plans to reject more than £3.7million ($5m) in damages if it is offered to her by Prince Andrew - as the embattled royal reportedly considers selling his £17million Swiss ski chalet because the Queen won't pay his legal bills, it was claimed today.
Ms Giuffre, who claims she was forced to have sex with the Duke of York three times on the orders of her paedophile abuser Jeffrey Epstein, does not want to do a deal and push for a trial, insiders have claimed.
She is said to want a trial to send a message that anyone 'with power and privilege' accused of abusing young girls will face the full force of the law.
And Ms Giuffre has told her lawyers that agreeing a multi-million pound settlement with Prince Andrew - who denies the allegations being made against him - would would not 'advance that message', according to the Telegraph.
He is reportedly trying to force through the sale of his £17million Swiss ski chalet to help foot the bill for his spiralling legal costs as he fights sexual abuse allegations, with Sarah, the Duchess of York reportedly supporting him financially and emotionally through the process.
Fergie, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, who was holding her son August, left Switzerland from the UK this morning having been seen at Geneva Airport. The family enjoyed a New Year's ski break at the Verbier chalet while the Duke of York kept a low profile inside the Queen's Windsor estate, where he has been horse riding or seeing his mother for lunch.
One royal source told Page Six: 'Sarah is fully behind Andrew and is part of his team. No one from inside Buckingham Palace has been involved in Prince Andrew's case, or even knows anything much. It's really just the Duke of York, Fergie and his lawyers'.
Andrew is waiting to hear if a New York judge will back his case and stop Ms Giuffre's civil action against him, but legal experts said a hearing this week 'couldn't have gone worse' for the ninth in line to the throne.
Amid growing rumours the judgment could come back this afternoon, it also emerged today:
Andrew is thought to have watched the New York hearing from his lodge in the grounds of Windsor Castle;
US prosecutors are facing a disaster after two jurors who convicted Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking admitted afterwards they were also victims of sexual abuse. Maxwell's legal team say there are now 'incontrovertible grounds' for a new trial;
Prince Andrew is reportedly trying to force through the sale of his £17million Swiss ski chalet to help foot the bill for his spiralling legal costs as fights sexual abuse allegations made by Virginia Roberts Giuffre (pictured)
Prince Andrew (pictured left) is reportedly trying to force through the sale of his £17million Swiss ski chalet to help foot the bill for his spiralling legal costs as fights sexual abuse allegations made by Virginia Roberts Giuffre (right)
The Duke of York is attempting to speed up the sale of the luxurious property because his mother the Queen will not pay his lawyers' fees. Ms Roberts, who is suing Andrew under her married name of Giuffre, claims that the prince had sex with her three times after she was trafficked by paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Above: Prince Andrew, who denies the claims, Virginia Roberts, aged 17, and Ghislaine Maxwell at Ghislaine Maxwell's townhouse in London, Britain on March 13, 2001 +17
The Duke of York is attempting to speed up the sale of the luxurious property because his mother the Queen will not pay his lawyers' fees. Ms Roberts, who is suing Andrew under her married name of Giuffre, claims that the prince had sex with her three times after she was trafficked by paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Above: Prince Andrew, who denies the claims, Virginia Roberts, aged 17, and Ghislaine Maxwell at Ghislaine Maxwell's townhouse in London, Britain on March 13, 2001
Andrew bought the seven-bedroom Chalet Helora, in the luxury Swiss resort of Verbier with his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson in 2014 for £16.6millionVirginia Giuffre is 'Probably not going to consent to a result' to settle sex attack claim as Duke 'attempts to sell £17m Swiss chalet to foot lawful bills' and Eugenie, Beatrice and Fergie fly home after Verbier ski break
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