Prince Andrew: underage sex claims to be struck off the record

US judge said claims were 'unnecessary' to proceedings, but expressed no opinion on their 'validity or veracity'

Prince Andrew in Davos, Switzerland, 2015
(Image credit: Michel Euler-WPA Pool/Getty)

Allegations that an underage girl was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew will be struck from the record of a civil court case in the United States, a judge in Florida has ruled.

"At this juncture in the proceedings, these lurid details are unnecessary," Judge Kenneth Marra ordered.

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