Princess Margaret House Mustique

In the 2018 bbc documentary the rebel royal basil charles former owner of basils bar on mustique remembered margaret as a trailblazer.

Princess margaret house mustique. She wanted to have the. The villa was designed by oliver messel for hrh the princess margaret countess of snowdon. The 18 room cotton house which doubles as the. Princess margaret with colin tennant on mustique island in february 1989.

With so much attention around her time on the island tennant realized it could be turned into a private getaway for the rich and famous. A little bit of a rebel. Princess margaret and her friends lord and lady glenconner waiting on the jetty at mustique to greet the queen during her silver jubilee tour of the west indies pa images colin tennant 3rd lord glenconner the former husband of lady anne glenconner was an aristocrat and british socialite of the most flamboyant variety. Despite the scandal margaret adored mustique until the end of her life maintaining that it was the only place i can relax.

Standing dramatically on a private peninsula at mustiques southern tip this legendary villa was previously featured in architectural digest. Owned and governed by the mustique company which is in turn owned by its 104 shareholder homeowners the 1400 acre island has only two hotels. After seeing margaret fall in love with mustique during her first visit lord glenconner gifted her a plot of land as a wedding present and offered to build her a house. As seen in the crown season 3 princess margaret was on holiday with boyfriend roddy llewellyn in mustique and then the photos became front page news.

Slim aaronsstringergetty images it was princess margaret who really made a name for mustique according to its website.