Virginia Roberts’ dad says Prince Andrew should be jailed and it’s ‘not William Wallace era anymore’

THE father of Virginia Roberts has called for Prince Andrew to go to jail and says it's "no longer the time of William Wallace when the Royals could do whatever they want".

It comes as the Duke appears set to swerve a hearing in his sex assault civil case today by having no representatives taking part.

Sky Roberts said he would like Prince Andrew to go to jail "for a little while", claiming he "needs to know what it's like to be held accountable".

He told Good Morning Britain: "This is not the times of William Wallace where the royals can just do whatever they want.

"The times have changed. Prince Andrew thinks it's still those times where he can do whatever he wants."

Roberts, 38, who is one of the most well-known Jeffrey Epstein victims, is accusing the prince of assaulting her three times when she was under the age of 18.

Andrew strongly denies the allegations and has said he doesn't recall meeting Roberts - who also goes by her married name Giuffre.

Despite Andrew’s denial, Sky called on the Duke to “stop lying” about the photograph with Ghislaine Maxwell and Virginia.

Roberts alleges that the photo was taken at Maxwell’s house in Belgravia, central London after a night out at Mayfair’s Tramp nightclub.

She also alleged that she was procured by Maxwell as a teenage "sex slave" for Epstein. Maxwell denies the allegations.

Attorneys for Roberts told The Sun that they had served Prince Andrew papers for their lawsuit, but the duke's legal team claimed they were not properly served.

Virginia’s team says Cesar Augusto Sepulveda, an official process server, delivered the papers at the Royal Lodge in Windsor — one of five attempts they made over the past month.

The document filed last week claims he was denied entry to the Lodge on August 26 and told that staff had been “primed” not to accept any papers.

Virginia's lead lawyer David Boies said a policeman took the court papers and said he would give them to the Duke.

'REGRETTABLE METHODS'

The legal team emailed a copy of the documents to Andrew's lawyers via Barbara Fontaine - Senior Master of the Queen's Bench Division - and the Duke of York's office.

Andrew's lawyers have objected to the "regrettable" methods used by Roberts' team and suggested they were not legally binding.

Sky hit back at the duke, claiming: "He knows that he’s done wrong. Like I’ve been reading this week – even trying to serve him the papers, he instructed his guard to not accept any court papers.

“An innocent man doesn’t do that - only a guilty man does that.

“If he’s innocent, why block these papers coming to him for this civil suit? I’m just proud of my daughter that she’s going after him for this."

His accuser’s lawyers insist he has been served court papers in accordance with English and international law.

They say a copy of the summons was emailed to Royal Household staff and his lawyers were informed by email and post.

However, Gary Bloxsome, the duke’s lawyer, claimed the correct procedure was not followed and that the papers should be served through a British court official.

'HUGE REGRET'

Manhattan federal court judge Lewis Kaplan is expected to ask Giuffre’s legal team to detail their efforts to serve Andrew, 61, with the papers.

Her legal team, led by David Boies, has brought in two more lawyers - Andrew Vallacastin and rising star Sabina Mariella.

Sky said Epstein seemed like a “regular guy” when he first met the disgraced financier but regretted taking her to his mansion.

He said: "She (Virginia) got this new job with Epstein and was flying all over the world. I was really proud of her. I thought things were moving ahead for her.

“It’s a huge regret for me. I love my daughter when she was born, love her now, and love her all the time in between.

"She’s an apple in my eye. I love her so much and to hear her go through that hurts me a lot.”

It comes just weeks after prosecutors in the US considered Prince Andrew as a “person of interest” in the Epstein probe.

Investigators are reportedly keen to interview the Duke as a witness in their investigation into the dead billionaire pedophile’s alleged co-conspirators.

A source told Reuters that Andrew was viewed “at least as a potential witness”, but they do not expect to interview him.

It was the first time anyone connected with prosecuting the Epstein case has described the Queen’s son as a “person of interest”.

When approached by The Sun, The US Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York declined to comment.