in the region of US$16m through St Kitts Nevis Realty – is where Lord Nelson, who was visiting the island as commander of the frigate Boreas, married Fanny Nisbet in 1787.
The future King William IV walked the bride down the aisle. “Nelson came to the island to protect the sugar industry and befriended the owner of our hotel, Mr Herbert, who introduced him to his niece, Fanny.
And romance blossomed,” recounts Montpelier’s current owner, Tim Hoffman, 52, whose family bought the 49-acre estate in 2002.
The silk cotton tree beneath which Nelson and Fanny tied the knot stands to this day, he adds. But it’s the images of Princess Diana leaping through the waves on the plantation’s Pinneys beach, with a young William and Harry on boogie boards,.
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