Prince Andrew facing sex claims from a second woman threatening to go public

Prince Andrew is facing allegations from a second woman who claims she slept with the royal while being abused by convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

The Sun reports the woman's allegations about the Duke of York are being investigated by lawyers working for Epstein's victims.

If her claims are deeded credible, and they decide to represent her, the legal team will go public with a media conference in the new year.

It's believed the woman told lawyers she had a sexual relationship with Prince Andrew but was not coerced to do so.

The Duke, 59, is facing allegations by another of Epstein's victims, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who says she was forced to have sex with the royal while she was 17-years-old after going to a nightclub, Tramp.

"It was disgusting," Giuffre told BBC's Panorama. "He wasn't mean or anything, but he got up and he said 'thanks' and walked out. I just sat there in bed, just horrified and ashamed, and I felt dirty."

Giuffre recalled Ghislaine Maxwell, who introduced her to Prince Andrew, patted her on the back the following day, telling her that she'd done a good job and "made him really happy".

"It was a wicked time in my life. It was a really scary time in my life. I had just been abused by a member of the royal family," Giuffre added.

During his own interview with BBC's Newsnight, the Duke of York denied having met Giuffre at all.

"I've no recollection of ever meeting her, I'm almost, in fact I'm convinced that I was never in Tramps with her," he said.

The royal claimed that on 10 March, 2001, the day Roberts alleges she had sex with him, he was actually with his daughter, Princess Beatrice, at a pizza restaurant in London.

Prince Andrew has since stepped down from royal duties and most of his patronages.