India Hicks rents her home in the Bahamas for her godfather King Charles’s charity

India Hicks grew up surrounded by royalty. Her mother was maid of honor and lady-in-waiting to the late Queen Elizabeth II.

India herself is the goddaughter of King Charles and was a bridesmaid at his first wedding.

It is therefore more appropriate that she spends time supporting the King’s youth charity, the Prince’s Trust, which serves as its patron.

And she recently put her vacation home in the Bahamas up for rent for the summer, with a percentage of the proceeds going to the trust.

At £18,000 a week to rent, it’s not exactly cheap, but the location is certainly striking.

She shared details of the property on Instagram, writing, “Our guest house is located in a grove of palm trees, on top of the dunes.

“Designed to look like it’s been there forever. According to tropical traditions, we built the house on four pylons, to keep it as cool as possible all year round.

‘The sitting room and two large guest rooms are upstairs, the dining room, kitchen and other bedrooms are downstairs.

‘Late morning you may want to wander down the private path to three miles of pink sand beach and lay on the sunbeds under our thatched cabanas, or alternatively there’s a hammock hanging between two trees in the garden somewhere for a siesta after a long lunch.

‘Looking south, you’ll have the chance to sit on the top porch with a rum cocktail in hand as the sun sets and watch the light change over both the bay and the Atlantic.

“Up here you can hear the wind in the casuarina trees and below the rustle of palms and see a lost guest or an escaping child.”

Photos of the property, designed by India and her husband, David Flint Wood, show comfortable furnishings and white walls and windows.

Speak against The timesIndia said the house and furnishings were built by local carpenters and aimed to ensure that the property does not interfere with the island’s atmosphere.

She added: “It has a private part of the beach with beach cabanas so it’s a really nice, beautiful property and we thought [renting it more widely] would be another way to raise money for a cause I am very, very involved with.”

Although she has rented the property on a small scale before, the king’s goddaughter thought she would complete her new project before hurricane season arrives.

India added that the island is a “coveted destination” that also offers beautiful hotels.

Aristocrat India was born in Lambeth, London, but moved to the Caribbean with her partner David in 1996 before welcoming their first child a year later.

They have shared the property with their children Felix, Amory, Conrad, Domino and Wesley, whom the couple adopted when he was 15, after his mother – a Bahamian waitress – passed away.

As the daughter of famed interior designer David Hicks and Lady Pamela Hicks, one of the late Queen’s former ladies-in-waiting and the daughter of India’s last Viceroy, India was exposed to both the design world and royal circles.

Now working as a designer and entrepreneur, the mother-of-five launched a podcast recording conversations with her mother.

She also devotes her time to charitable work and serves her godfather’s charity, the Prince’s Trust, as a patron of Women Supporting Women.

After attending Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral last year, India revealed she would be taking a bike ride from Buckingham Palace to Windsor Castle in an effort to raise money for the monarch’s charity.

India wrote on Instagram that she would be joining thousands of others for the ride, in which she would be part of the Women Supporting Women team.

In the post she said: “Tomorrow I will be cycling from Buckingham Place to Windsor Castle, along with several thousand other people, in the hopes of raising awareness and raising money to help transform the lives of young people facing a frankly s*** ** future.

King Charles (still feels weird saying that) founded the charity in 1976 with a few thousand pounds of his navy severance pay, to tackle high youth unemployment, which he feared would marginalize young people.

‘The Prince’s Trust has now helped over a million people, believing that every young person should have the opportunity to succeed, regardless of background or challenges.’

India’s work for her godfather’s charity coexists with her support for Global Empowerment Mission, a non-profit organization that provides relief in the aftermath of international disasters.

In May last year, she and her son visited Ukraine to support the organization, transport clothes and spend time in a therapy shelter to help Ukrainian children.