You’ve alienated us! Locals hit back at self-styled transgender lady of the manor after she put her 5m fairytale Scottish Highlands castle on the market after ‘homophobia and racism’ row [Video]

16:03 EDT 29 Sep 2024, updated 22:02 EDT 29 Sep 2024

A tycoon’s claims she is selling her Highland castle because the area is not ready for a transgender owner were yesterday rubbished by locals who insisted she had alienated the community.

Locals said they were ‘delighted’ when self-styled lady of the manor Samantha Kane bought Carbisdale Castle, near Bonar Bridge, Sutherland, in 2022 with plans to bring the 29-bedroomed property back into use.

But they claim the relationship turned sour when she started putting up fences and signs preventing them from accessing forestry pathways they had helped clear around the 117-year-old building.

The barrister, who named herself Lady Carbisdale after buying the property for £1.2million, is believed to be the only person in the UK to have changed genders three times.

She claims she has put the property on the market for £5million because of ‘hurtful’ comments made about her genderidentity, claiming the area ‘is not ready’ for a …