Prince Andrew advisers ‘asked internet troll to help discredit’ sex abuse accuser

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Prince Andrew attends a service at Manchester Cathedral marking the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme
Prince Andrew at commemoration service at Manchester Cathedral last July
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The Duke of York’s aides have been accused of seeking help from an online troll in an attempt to discredit the Royal’s most prominent sexual abuse accuser.

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  Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude. He was a columnist for The Big Issue and landed a world exclusive with David Beckham that became the weekly magazine’s bestselling issue. He now writes regularly for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, Metro, FourFourTwo and the i new site. He is also the author of a number of non-fiction books.