PRINCE ANDREW’S financial settlement to accuser Virginia Giuffre, reported to be a multimillion-pound sum, must not be paid for out of the public purse, campaigners have warned. 

Questions have been raised about how the Duke of York will fund the settlement reached with Ms Giuffre, after the two agreed to settle her civil claim against him of sexual assault.

A statement from their lawyers on Tuesday said that Andrew would pay an undisclosed sum to Ms Giuffre and a “substantial donation” to her charity in support of victims.