Sarah Ferguson brands Prince Andrew 'the best man in the world'

Prince Andrew, who is currently being accused of having sex with an underage girl, was described by his ex-wife as ‘the greatest man there is.’

16:13 06 January 2015

Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, has spoken for the first time since the allegations against Prince Andrew surfaced, calling her ex-husband as “the best man in the world.”

The 55-year-old Duchess, who had been on holiday with the Duke and the couple’s daughter, Princess Eugenie, said: "He is the greatest man there is. It was the finest moment of my life in 1986 when I married him. He is a great man, the best in the world."

Asked whether she was sticking by the Duke amidst the controversy, she replied: “The York family is a tight unit. We’ve always been a tight unit.”

Meanwhile, Buckingham Palace has already issued two denials over the woman’s claims. A spokesman insisted “any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors” was “categorically untrue.”

The woman’s claim is part of a lawsuit in connection with American billionaire and convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein – a former friend of the Duke.

The woman claims that between 1999 and 2002, she was ‘forced to have sexual relations with the prince when she was a minor’ in London, New York, and on a private Caribbean island owned by Epstein.