Thousands of dollars have been raised as part of a campaign seeking to bring private proceedings against Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, the former Prince Andrew.
In its online campaign, Republic, an anti-monarchy group, is aiming to raise £50,000.
The organisation, which has so far raised almost £20,000, said a private process can cost between £15,000 and £150,000 or more.
Republic has taken the unprecedented step of commissioning a law firm to pursue a private prosecution.
He said lawyers will actively investigate the case against Andrew with a view to commencing proceedings in the coming weeks.
The group said: “Republic has ordered lawyers to launch private proceedings against Andrew Mountbatten Windsor (previously known as Prince Andrew) over allegations of sexual offenses and misconduct in public office.”
“We have been asking the police to investigate Andrew. We have been asking the government to call a Royal Inquiry into Epstein. “But neither of them have acted. So if they don’t take action, we will,” Republic said.
The group also posted on its website Virginia Giuffre’s quote 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 the Royal Loge, spends much of his time playing video games. He is technically still a duke; only an Act of Parliament would strip him of that title. He is technically still HRH, a Knight of Gartner, the highest order of British chivalry, and remains 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 over his links to the late 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.
