Kristen Wiig in ‘Palm Royale’ in which her ambitious character Maxine will do anything to befriend the high society who mingle at the fictional Palm Beach club South Beach lies somewhere altogether more rarefied. I’m driving up an oceanside road that carves through a string of small towns such as Gulf Stream and Briny Breezes, all sitting on a long, thin strip of land separated from the mainland by the vast Lake Worth Lagoon.
It’s the Florida city with the most billionaires – there are thought to be 57 – and those incredible homes belong to chief executives, actors and rock stars. Famous residents include Rod Stewart, the late fashion icon Iris Apfel, Sylvester Stallone, and a certain orange-hued, blond-quiffed presidential hopeful.
“He decided to look for somewhere down the coast where he could build a great hotel, and link to it with a new, more efficient railway.”