A tycoon is selling her iconic Highland castle for £5milllion because the rural area is ‘not ready’ for it to have a transgender owner, she claimed last night.
Self-styled lady of the manor Samantha Kane said she sometimes feels like she has ‘landed on Mars’ after ‘hurtful’ comments are continually made about her gender identity.
Ms Kane, who likes to be known as Lady Carbisdale, is thought to be the only person in the UK to have changed genders three times, having been born a boy.
The multi-millionaire barrister has ploughed millions of pounds of her fortune into restoring Carbisdale Castle, near Bonar Bridge, Sutherland, to its former glory after fulfilling her dream to become a ‘princess in her own fairytale’ by buying the 117-year-old property in 2022.
Samantha Kane – also known as Lady Carbisdale – sits in front of a portrait of Mary Caroline, Duchess of Sutherland, for whom her stately castle home was built
Carbisdale Castle, near Bonar Bridge,…