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Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play.FA chairman Bernstein calls for postponement
Fifa president Sepp Blatter is set to win a fourth term in office in Wednesday's elections as calls for a postponement appear to have failed.
Prince William has backed the Football Association and Scottish Football Association stance that a fair election cannot take place following allegations of corruption.
Blatter is the only candidate as his rival Mohammed bin Hammam is suspended.
But the FA and SFA have struggled to find support for their proposals.
Other associations from the United Kingdom, including the Football Association of Wales and Irish Football Association, appear unwilling to back their neighbours.
In order to suspend the elections on Wednesday, about 150 of the 208 nations must vote in support of the move, a scenario that FA chairman David Bernstein admitted was unlikely.
But despite already having decided to abstain from the voting process, Bernstein said the FA was duty bound to make a stance.
"I think it was important that someone stood up and make a statement," he told BBC Sport. "There are some principles involved here and it's important that if nobody else was doing it then the FA took a lead in this.
"The fact that we've opposed something and taken a different view should not mean that we are isolated. Whatever happens we have to be part of Fifa, there is no question of breaking away, but we would like to see better process in terms of election and governance."
The build-up to the elections has been mired by a series of corruption claims but Blatter, 75, has insisted that there is no crisis.
Bin Hammam, president of the Asian Football Federation, and Fifa vice-president Jack Warner have been provisionally suspended by Fifa's ethics committee over allegations that financial incentives were offered to Caribbean Football Union (CFU) members.
Blatter was also investigated following a charge against him by Bin Hammam, although Fifa's ethics committee did not find that the president had a case to answer.
Bin Hammam has appealed against his ban, while Warner revealed an e-mail in which Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke suggested Bin Hammam "bought" the 2022 World Cup, which will be held in Qatar.
Valcke responded by saying his remarks were taken out of context before major sponsors Coca-Cola, Adidas, Emirates and Visa expressed their concern at the damage being done to Fifa by the alleged claims of corruption.
In a further twist on Tuesday Concacaf general secretary Chuck Blazer was sacked after making claims that CFU members had accepted bribes. Blazer remains as a Fifa executive committee member.
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play.Uncomfortable moments as Fifa president Sepp Blatter answers questions from the media on Monday
Earlier, a spokesman for Prince William said: "The Duke of Cambridge, as FA President, has been kept informed of the FA's proposals and is fully supportive of the Chairman and the initiatives the FA has recommended.
"He considers the transparency of the international governing body to be integral to the good governance of the game."
Despite the continuing claims and counterclaims, BBC sports editor David Bond said anything other than a Blatter victory on Wednesday would be hard to imagine.
"I understand that the FA and SFA are struggling to get support from the other home nations," he said. "The Welsh and the Northern Irish are not necessarily prepared to fall in behind the call to suspend the elections.
"After 13 years in charge of Fifa, Sepp Blatter has built up a huge power base inside the delegation. One European delegate described him as superman. The mood around the delegates that I've been speaking to is very much that even those who are opposed to him now accept there is no alternative.
"The FA have left it too late and many question whether they are just being vengeful after that England 2018 World Cup defeat last December.
"It is very difficult to escape the conclusion that Sepp Blatter will be re-elected but the question is how damaged he has been by this whole affair."
On Tuesday Blatter addressed the opening of Fifa's congress by saying: "I thought we were living in a world of fair play and respect and discipline.
"I unfortunately see this is no longer the case because the famous Fifa pyramid is suddenly unstable and there is a danger.
"On Wednesday I will speak to you on this danger that is lurking, and tell you how we can fight and work against this threat."
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