“Basil Charles, the man they call The King of Mustique, is the godfather of the glitterati. For the past 30 years, celebrities ranging from Prince William to Amy Winehouse, Mick Jagger to Kate Moss, the late Princess Margaret to the Beckhams have knocked back a cocktail at his beachside bar.
“Now, however, this secrecy is threatened and the stars are quaking in their jewelled Louboutins because 62-year-old Basil is publishing his memoirs. ‘My book will shock the high society of Mustique as it will tell the truth about celebrities at play,’ he says.
“Such thrilling indiscretion is unheard of on Mustique, where the 500 or so permanent residents depend on the influx of wealthy visitors for their livelihoods. In fact, this little sliver of paradise is close to a police state. It is governed by the Mustique Company, which leases the island from the government of St Vincent. Its official website baldly states that the company is ‘dedicated to protecting the island’s privacy’.”
Go on with your bad self, Basil!
(via bexo)
