Queen Elizabeth’s former spokesman has hit out at Jeffrey Epstein’s one-time lawyer for dragging the late monarch into a row over Prince Andrew’s out-of-court payment to sex abuse accuser Virginia Giuffre.

Alan Dershowitz said the Duke of York ‘would have won’ his case against Virginia Giuffre but was ‘pressured’ by the late Queen to settle.

‘I am gobsmacked.’

‘Prince Andrew spent weeks with us.’

Insiders had hoped the Royal Family would make up in time for Christmas – but then Omid Scobie’s Endgame was released

The King is expected to talk about the role of volunteers at his coronation in May.