and, of course, the trial itself, the potential for a guilty verdict at the end of this. this would be very damaging for prince andrew, very undignified, but by extension to the royal family. there is potentially the option of settling, and that might be a course of action his legal team would prefer rather than going through the trial itself. however, of course, that means virginia giuffre would have to agree to it as well. at this stage we don t know whether she would. yes, this is a civil case. she s looking for financial remunera remuneration really at the end of the day. she may not want to have a financial settlement. she might want to have her day in court. she might want to see justice being done. we don t know at this stage. isa, it is hard to see unless prince andrew has these allegations cleared in court, it is hard to see anyway back for him to public life as a member of the royal family. isa? all this coming in the same year as the queen s jubilee, of course. anna stewar