- Helen Kirwan-Taylor: At the heart of this story is a bizarre, dysfunctional triangle between three people: Epstein had the money, but no social skills; Prince Andrew had the status that opened any doors; and Ghislaine was the glue.
- Tina Brown: Ghislaine's role for Epstein was to be the bridge to this big-time social world. And as far as Ghislaine was concerned, one of her biggest kind of "big-white-whales' that she landed for Epstein was Andrew.
- Annette Witheridge: Jeffrey Epstein became known as a collector of important, influential people, creme-de-la-creme, and the top of that list was Prince Andrew.