Maybe i’ve been watching Slow Horses a lot, but cmon. I’m sure this person knew where the (likely literal) bodies were buried and fell out of favor with the Royal Family, who had MI5 “suicide” him.
he was a random contractor who painted walls
Apparently he’d worked for the royal family for 30 years and even lived on their Sandringham estate.
the sandringham estate includes a bunch of villages, it’s enormous
All the more reason to make the “criticism drove him to suicide” angle harder to believe. Maybe he saw something he wasn’t supposed to.
or he was a small business owner who had lost a steady income stream from a prestigious client while not being particularly mentally healthy to begin with
My bet is he overspent by going into huge debt (real estate, cars, gambling maybe) and there is now no way to service that debt now that the royals dumped him. Wouldn’t really be out of the ordinary for small business owners, a lot of them tend to get really greedy with their small successes.
You are probably right, and I am being flippant about someone who could’ve been driven to desperation and suicide. In a fairer world, he wouldn’t have to work for the royals and not been driven to suicide for financial reasons.
Very good point.
