The Duke of York had vowed to fight to clear his name in court after being charged by Virginia Giuffre. Ms Giuffre became a victim who he sexually assaulted in three different circumstances when she was 17.
It came after a top Russian diplomat lifted the threat of an attack on Ukraine if Russian citizens are killed in a region of the country controlled by separatists.
One of them is Tobias Ellwood, a senior Conservative MP and former minister. He affirmed he had filed a letter to his party to initiate a vote on the PM’s future.