Prince Andrew's ex-girlfriend claims he 'cleared his name for the Queen'

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Prince Andrew's ex-girlfriend Lady Victoria Hervey has claimed she was in constant contact with his legal team during his civil sex case.The Queen's son, 62, had been accused of having sex with Virginia Giuffre who claimed she was a minor at the time and was sex trafficked for the Duke by paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.Andrew strongly denied all charges and claimed he had no recollection of meeting Virginia and made an out-of-court settlement with the now philanthropist.READ NEXT: Royal family more 'worried about Meghan's next move' than AndrewOn June 28, disgraced British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was slapped with a sentence of 20 years for the crimes that she committed for Epstein.Hervey has now claimed that throughout the legal proceedings, she was assisting Prince Andrew's legal team and claims she knew the bloke behind the now-infamous picture of Andrew and Giuffre, taken in London.Speaking on GB News, the socialite said: "I started finding all this stuff that was going on because I was in constant contact with his lawyer when I started investigating, they reached out to me."But unfortunately, the witness that came forward about the photo, that was after once he had signed for Virginia."Victoria claims that Andrew had wanted to clear his name for himself and the Queen, 96.She explained: "He always wanted to prove his innocence but in the end, he did it for his mother."However, the star later claimed that she would be shocked if Maxwell survived the duration of her sentence."I don't think she'll be alive more than a year, I'll be really surprised," she explained.However, while staying at Jeffrey's home, Victoria claims she felt as though she was being watched on cameras.She told Breakfast on GB News: "I was a little.