A clothed Princess Margaret in front of her home, Les Jolies Eaux, on Mustique, 1985.

The Island of No

How did Mustique, where Princess Margaret once partied naked, lose its luster to … Bequia?

By Mark Ellwood

Call it the Mustique Misstep.

The Caribbean island of Mustique has long served as a tropical version of The Great Gatsby’s East Egg, a devil-may-care playground for the charming and the charmed. But it’s on the slide. Right next door, the island of Bequia is itching to snatch Mustique’s title as the hideout of choice for the wealthy and unconventional.