Thousands of dollars have been raised in a campaign to bring private prosecutions against Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, the former Prince Andrew.
In its online campaign, Republic, an anti-monarchy group, aims to raise £50,000.
The organisation, which has so far raised almost £20,000, said a private prosecution can cost between £15,000 and £150,000 or more.
Republic took the unprecedented step of asking a law firm to file a private lawsuit.
He said lawyers would actively investigate the case against Andrew with a view to commencing proceedings in the coming weeks.
The group said: “The Republic has instructed its lawyers to bring a private prosecution against Andrew Mountbatten Windsor (formerly known as Prince Andrew) on charges of sexual offenses and misconduct in public office. »
“We asked the police to investigate Andrew. We asked the government to convene a royal inquiry into Epstein. “But neither took action. So if they don’t act, we will,” Republic said.
The group also published on its website a quote from Virginia Giuffre from her posthumous book “Nobody’s Girl”: “Prince Andrew believed that having sex with me was his birthright.”
The group said in its statement: “Nothing has really changed for Andrew who, according to visitors to Royal Lodge, spends much of his time playing video games. He is still technically a Duke, only an Act of Parliament would strip him of that title. He is still technically an HRH, a Knight of the Gartner, the highest order of British chivalry, and he is still the Earl of Inverness.”
The campaign was launched after King Charles III stripped his younger brother, Andrew, of his remaining royal titles on October 30 due to his ties to deceased sex offender Jeffery Epstein.
As part of his action against the former Duke of York, the monarch also asked him to leave his royal residence.
