Fury at Epstein lawyer's criticism of late Queen over Andrew's £12m sex case

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.

- Christopher Bucktin

Royal commentator, Dickie Arbiter slammed Alan Dershowitz's comments as "disrespectful" as he said the American "should put up and shut up".

Mr Dershowitz, who was the defence lawyer and long-time associate of convicted paedophile Epstein, sparked fury yesterday when he said the decision by Andrew, 63, to settle his lawsuit with Ms Giuffre in 2022 was a "terrible mistake".

The 85-year-old said the Duke of York "would have won" if he had gone to court and he Epstein believed the royal was "pressured" by his mother to settle.

Mr Arbiter, 83, hit back, saying: "If you went out and spoke to the public and said, 'Look, this guy from the States has dragged the Queen into this 15, 16 months after she has died, is it the right thing to do?