And you thought royal renegades Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan were a problem for the British? Now it's Harry's uncle, Prince Andrew, once again in the withering spotlight – and it's not looking good. In what appears to be a first for a senior royal, the Duke of York – second son of Queen Elizabeth II, ninth in line to the throne – has been sued in federal court in New York and accused of sex crimes, including being a beneficiary of the alleged sex-trafficking of a teen girl by Andrew's former friend, the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Now 38, Virginia Roberts Giuffre accuses Andrew of sexually abusing her at Epstein's mansion in Manhattan in 2001 when she was 17, asserting it was an encounter arranged by Epstein for his royal pal. Andrew has repeatedly denied her accusations. There are no good legal options for the prince, lawyers say, and in the court of public opinion he's already been declared guilty of poor judgment at best and sex crimes at worst. It's "game over," for what's left of Andrew's reputation, declares Amber Melville-Brown, a British lawyer and partner in the media-and-reputation team at the international law firm Withers.

British royals generally abhor appearing in court (let alone to answer for sex-crime allegations). That's been the case ever since Queen Victoria's son Bertie, later Edward VII, appeared as a witness in two court cases (a divorce case and a slander case) in the late 19th century, which was utterly shocking to Victorian Britain at the time.   For more than five years, Andrew, 61, has vehemently denied all the accusations, and Buckingham Palace has backed him up in emphatic statements. Neither has yet responded specifically to the lawsuit.

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