She liked partying, late nights, and to dance.’
This summary of Princess Margaret is perhaps the most perfect, and the man who delivered it – Basil Charles, the proprietor of the bar on her cherished getaway, the private Caribbean island of Mustique – was the perfect person to deliver it.
The sister of Queen Elizabeth II, Margaret was the famous ‘spare’ long before Prince Harry coined the term. And while it’s perhaps harsh to say she shirked royal duties, the young princess did lead a rather luxurious life, by anyone’s standards.
For example, a published list of her daily routine noted that she would wake at 9am, spend a couple of hours perusing the newspapers (no doubt checking on the social pages), before taking a long bath and then doing…
