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The Duke of York's daughter Beatrice has featured in evidence given to a judge overseeing a High Court financial dispute between an elderly Turkish woman ...

A statement of claim drawn up by Mrs Isbilen’s lawyers said: “In or around November 2019, Mr Turk told Mrs Isbilen that she needed to make a purported ‘gift’ of £750,000 to HRH Duke of York by way of payment for assistance that he told her HRH Duke of York had provided in relation to Mrs Isbilen’s Turkish passport. “The representation that Mrs Isbilen needed to make a gift to HRH Duke of York in connection with her passport (or for any other purpose) was false, and Mr Turk made it dishonestly, knowing it to be false and intending Mrs Isbilen to rely on it.” Judge Halpern said, in a ruling, that a lawyer representing Mrs Isbilen told him in an affidavit that information had emerged to show evidence given by Mr Turk was “misleading”. “Mr Turk told me that he received help from the Duke of York to show or send the picture of my old passport to Turkey and that this service would normally be worth £2m, but it would cost less if we made the payment by way of a gift. A judge overseeing the dispute has been told that the Duke of York was allegedly paid £750,000 for “assistance” he provided “in relation” to Mrs Isbilen’s passport. Mrs Isbilen alleges he “breached fiduciary obligations he owed to her” and advanced “claims in deceit”.

Prince Andrew and Princess Beatrice have been named in court documents in the case of Nebahat Isbilen, who is in her 70s, and has sued Selman Turk, ...

"The representation that Mrs Isbilen needed to make a gift to HRH Duke of York in connection with her passport (or for any other purpose) was false, and Mr Turk made it dishonestly, knowing it to be false and intending Mrs Isbilen to rely on it." A statement of claim drawn up by Mrs Isbilen's lawyers said: "In or around November 2019, Mr Turk told Mrs Isbilen that she needed to make a purported 'gift' of £750,000 to HRH Duke of York by way of payment for assistance that he told her HRH Duke of York had provided in relation to Mrs Isbilen's Turkish passport. f Sarah, Duchess of York and the Duke of York who been named in a ruling on a High Court case The Duke of York is not accused of any wrongdoing and is not a central figure in the case. A judge overseeing the dispute has been told that the Duke of York was allegedly paid £750,000 for "assistance" he provided "in relation" to Mrs Isbilen's passport. Prince Andrew and Princess Beatrice have been named in court documents in the case of Nebahat Isbilen, who is in her 70s, and has sued Selman Turk, a Turkish businessman based in London

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Prince Andrew, both his daughters and his ex-wife have all be named in evidence in a High Court case.

This email is entirely false.’ ‘The representation that Ms Isbilen needed to make a gift to HRH Duke of York in connection with her passport (or for any other purpose) was false, and Mr Turk made it dishonestly, knowing it to be false and intending Ms Isbilen to rely on it.’ ‘In or around November 2019, Mr Turk told Ms Isbilen that she needed to make a purported “gift” of £750,000 to HRH Duke of York by way of payment for assistance that he told her HRH Duke of York has provided in relation to Ms Isbilen’s Turkish passport,’ a statement of claim read.

Duke of York's daughters named in High Court dispute between Turkish millionaire and former banker.

A statement of claim drawn up by Mrs Isbilen’s lawyers said: “In or around November 2019, Mr Turk told Mrs Isbilen that she needed to make a purported ‘gift’ of £750,000 to HRH Duke of York by way of payment for assistance that he told her HRH Duke of York had provided in relation to Mrs Isbilen’s Turkish passport. “The representation that Mrs Isbilen needed to make a gift to HRH Duke of York in connection with her passport (or for any other purpose) was false, and Mr Turk made it dishonestly, knowing it to be false and intending Mrs Isbilen to rely on it.” This email is entirely false.” In a statement given to the paper, Eugenie said she understood the money to be “gifts from a long-standing family friend to assist with the cost of a surprise party” for her mother’s 60th birthday, and that she knows neither Ms Isbilen nor Mr Turk, nor any other details of the claim made by Ms Isbilen’s lawyers. Ms Isbilen said police had seized her previous passport and that Mr Turk had obtained her a new passport through connections with Turkish authorities, with the duke also allegedly paid £750,000 for “assistance” he provided “in relation” to Ms Isbilen’s passport. In her affidavit, she said that in November 2019 she authorised a bank transfer of £750,000 to the duke.