Prince Andrew is “cheerful and relaxed” and being advised to “keep calm and carry on” over the bombshell lawsuit accusing him of sexually assaulting a teenage girl, according to a report.

“His legal team always expected this and have prepared,” a friend of the 61-year-old royal’s told The Sun of the lawsuit filed last week by long-time accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre.

“They advised the Duke to keep calm and carry on and he is taking their advice,” the friend has insisted, saying he “has no intention” of changing course and trying to publicly address the accusations again.

Neither Andrew nor his legal team have addressed the lawsuit, and the royal “has no intention” of changing course, the friend said.

And the royal — who famously insisted a medical condition proved he could not have been “sweating all over” Giuffre, as she had claimed — is certainly not perspiring over the legal threat, either, the pal claimed.

“He has been cheerful and relaxed at Balmoral,” the friend said of the Scottish estate where the prince is staying with his mother, British monarch Queen Elizabeth II.

Prince Andrew, Duke of York, attends the Sunday Service at the Royal Chapel of All Saints, Windsor, following the announcement on Friday April 9th of the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at the age of 99, on April 11, 2021 in Windsor, England
Prince Andrew, Duke of York, has been advised to “keep calm and carry on.”
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His unlikely claim about sweating was made during a widely ridiculed interview with the BBC that ultimately got him booted from royal duties.

The disaster of his attempts to explain his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein as well as denying to even know Giuffre — whom he was photographed hugging when she was 17 — played a key role in deciding not to again try to speak out on the allegations, the pal said.

“His lawyers saw what happened with the Newsnight interview and think it’s best he says as little as possible,” the friend said, saying Andrew will only “respond if required to by law.”

Prince Andrew, Virginia Roberts Giuffre and Ghislaine Maxwell in early 2001.
Prince Andrew, Virginia Roberts Giuffre and Ghislaine Maxwell in early 2001.
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“The legal process could go on for years, but that’s not his fault,” the pal told the UK paper. A first court hearing has been set for Sept. 13.

Giuffre has long claimed to have been forced by Epstein and his accused madam, Andrew’s socialite pal Ghislaine Maxwell, to have sex with the prince three times, in Maxwell’s recently sold London home as well as Epstein’s New York mansion and private island.

Andrew and Buckingham Palace have previously vehemently denied her allegations, with the prince even questioning the validity of the now-notorious photo of them together because he’s not a hugger.

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