Earlier this month the British royal family removed Prince Andrew's military ties and military patronage, saying Queen Elizabeth's second son would no longer be referred to as "His Royal Highness".
Andrew on Wednesday Asked for a jury trial as she re-denies Virginia Giuffre's allegations that he sexually assaulted her more than two decades ago when she was 17.
According to a royal correspondent, the British royal family wants to avoid Prince Andrew's trial, which has been overshadowed by the Queen's anniversary year.
Richard Palmer said: “There is no doubt the royal family will want to end it, but there is no easy choice for Andrew or the palace. The fairly standard response of their lawyers to Ms. Giuffre's legal claim is for Andrew to fight it. Open the court, stay the case, or settle."
She added, “But all of those options risk enormous reputational damage to the British monarchy. Ms. Giuffre has suggested that she only settle if Andrew admitted wrongdoing, but even without that, the risk is that the public Will think that the queen's son was asleep. If the sex trafficking teen settles."
"There's also the matter of Andrew refusing to cooperate with FBI investigators, who are certainly seeking to interview him as a witness in a criminal investigation," Palmer said.