BBC A US lawyer says he is planning legal action against a woman who claims she was forced to have sex with him and Prince Andrew when she was a minor.
Alan Dershowitz told the BBC he wanted her claims to be made under oath.
He and the Duke of York were named in documents filed in a Florida court over how prosecutors handled a case against financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Buckingham Palace has denied the woman's claims that she was forced by Epstein to have sex with Prince Andrew.
On Saturday, the palace issued a further statement, in which it "emphatically denied that the Duke of York had any form of sexual contact or relationship" with the woman.
The Mail on Sunday has identified the claimant as Virginia Roberts, but the BBC has not been able to verify her identity.
The woman behind the allegations says she was forced to sleep with the prince when she was under age, and on three occasions - in London, New York and on a private Caribbean island owned by Epstein - between 1999 and 2002.
Mr Dershowitz, a former Harvard Law professor, said he intended to legally challenge the woman's allegations.
"My goal is to bring charges against the client and require her to speak in court. If she believes she has been hurt by me and Prince Andrew, she should be suing us for damages.[...]
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