PRINCE Andrew felt ambushed into giving up his royal titles and is increasingly frustrated at being silenced by his settlement with Virginia Giuffre, it has been revealed.
His accuser dropped her case against top US lawyer Alan Dershowitz last week, saying she “may have made a mistake” in claiming he abused her.
Now, sources close to the Duke of York, 62, say he feels constrained by his own legal agreement with Ms Giuffre, the high-profile victim of late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and wants to fight back.
The Sun on Sunday can also reveal Andrew felt blindsided when he was urged to resign from royal life in meetings with senior aides in January.
A source recalled: “It was like a pressure cooker. There was no room to breathe.