Prince Andrew is considered such an embarrassment to the royals that Palace insiders told the Press this week he should withdraw from public view over Christmas.
The question's prompted by what appears to be the entirely unscripted departure of Oliver's chief executive, Kevin Styles, 52, who took up the post as recently as 2022.
EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Devastated when his wife, fashion editor Lulu Anderson, died of cancer in 2022 at the age of 60, chocolate heir Cosmo Fry has found love again.
EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: I can disclose that Lady Magan, 77, is in the throes of a protracted, painful divorce and is trying to come to terms with the fact that she could lose her home.
Festive gatherings at Sandringham have often been joyful and sometimes tense, as I've discovered while researching a special Christmas edition of my TV programme Reading the Royals.
EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: The duke's younger brother, Lord Edward Somerset, has died aged 66. A service of thanksgiving will be held at St Michael and All Angels before Christmas.