The Caribbean: a hideaway for the famous. A playground for the rich … a billionaire’s paradise. The Caribbean: Billionaire’s Paradise, Channel 4 2023
In the south-east of the Caribbean is Barbados, a glimmering jewel in the Atlantic ocean. Home to rare wildlife and surrounded by coral reefs. ibid.
Princess Margaret, a rebel, a sometime rebel and the runner-up. But there was one place, 4,000 miles away, where Princess Margaret came first – the Caribbean island of Mustique … But her glitzy Mustique lifestyle would come at a price. And Margaret’s decadent island life put her in the public spotlight for all the wrong reasons. Princess Margaret: Queen of Mustique, Channel 5 2021
Back home Margaret’s marriage to Tony Armstrong Jones or Lord Snowden as he was also known had broken down. He had had numerous affairs and Margaret needed to get away from London and from him. ibid.
The island was owned by Colin Tennant, later known as Lord Glenconner, who had bought it in 1958 for £45,000. ibid.
The star-studded party was the epitome of opulence and a world away from the stuffy life of the royals back in the UK. ibid.
‘He [Snowden] was furious because it looked like he had been cuckolded by a younger man [Roddy Llewyellyn] and that didn’t appeal to his vanity.’ ibid. royal watcher
In 1977 the Queen paid a visit to her sister on Mustique. ibid.
‘She [Margaret] ended up having having a couple of strokes while on Mustique.’ ibid. royal watcher #2