The author alleged, "Andrew and Ghislaine... had been occasional lovers—and through her, the Prince had come into the ambit of... Epstein."

The Duke of York described himself as a friend of Maxwell and her as Jeffrey Epstein 's girlfriend when he gave a disastrous interview to the BBC in 2019. The Newsnight sit-down led to him having to step back from public life and face widespread ridicule on social media.