The island of Mustique is privately owned and is a playground for the rich and famous. Mustique was once owned by Lord Glenconner who gave a ten acre plot to HRH Princess Margaret as a wedding present.

The history of the island of Mustique, and of the Grenadines in general, dates back to the 15th century when Spanish sailors first sighted this more or less linear group of small rocky islands and named them ‘Los Pájaros’ or ‘the birds’, because they resembled a small flock of birds scattered across the sea in flight.

During the seventeenth century the islands were … Continue Reading