The Metropolitan Police is taking no further action after reviewing allegations connected to Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein.
The force had assessed a document released in August 2021 as part of Virginia Giuffre's US lawsuit against the Duke of York, BBC News reports.
Giuffre, nee Roberts, 38, claims that she was sexually assaulted by the Queen's second son three times: once in New York City, once in London at Maxwell's home, and once on Epstein's private island, known as Little St. James, in the US Virgin Islands, as per The Sun.
She claims she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew in London in 2001 after being trafficked to the UK by the duke's former friend Jeffrey Epstein. She was 17 years old at the time - a minor under US law.
Andrew, 61, has repeatedly denied the accusations made against him, and in a sensational interview with Newsnight last year, he denied having ever met Giuffre, despite the pair being photographed together.
Prince Andrew was served the papers in both the UK and the US.
Met Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick was asked about the lawsuit in August and said she had instructed officers to again review allegations connected to Epstein, who died in prison in 2019 while facing charges of sex trafficking, per BBC.
Watch Prince Andrew's Newsnight interview:In reference to the claims about Prince Andrew, she had said "no one is above the law".
Per BBC News, the Met said on Sunday: "As a matter of procedure, MPS officers reviewed a document released in August 2021 as part of a US civil action. This review has concluded and we are taking no further action."
Per Politico, Giuffre is asking for "punitive damages" and a "trial by jury" because of the nature of the crime the Duke is accused of.
The lawsuit states, per BBC News: "Twenty years ago Prince Andrew's wealth, power, position, and connections enabled him to abuse a frightened, vulnerable child with no one there to protect her. It is long past the time for him to be held to account."
"In this country, no person, whether president or prince, is above the law, and no person, no matter how powerless or vulnerable, can be deprived of the law's protection," the documents continued.
The lawsuit is seeking unspecified damages from Prince Andrew.
