A transgender tycoon who claims she was left in 'constant pain' by a 'botched' sex change operation overseas after doctors allegedly refused to do the surgery in the UK has dropped her legal case against the NHS.
Self-styled lady of the manor Samantha Kane is thought to be the only person in Britain to have changed genders three times, having been born a boy.
Ms Kane, known as Lady Carbisdale after buying Carbisdale Castle in Sutherland for £1.2million in 2022 had surgery in 1997 to become Samantha, before having it reversed in 2004 when she became Charles Kane.
But she alleged doctors at University College London Hospital (UCLH) refused her request to have a third operation in 2017, leading her to have a private procedure done in Serbia in 2018, which she claims was 'botched'.
The barrister and business tycoon claimed the NHS then refused treatment again after the operation allegedly resulted in 'infected' surgical devices being left inside her body.
Lady Carbisdale took her title when she bought Carbisdale Castle for £1.2m in 2022
Lady Carbisdale had planned to sue for £162,000
She planned to sue the hospital for £162,000, claiming their actions amounted to negligence, discrimination and a breach of her human rights.
But the 65-year-old confirmed yesterday she has dropped her legal case, saying there will be 'no further proceedings' as she was 'satisfied' they have taken her concerns on board.
She told the Mail: 'I always said it was about patient safety and nothing else.
'They have assured me that things have improved for people like me and for patients everywhere and they have been awarded quite a large amount of funding for patient safety research and so I think that's that.
'Nobody wants to carry on proceedings against the NHS. I appreciate the NHS; they are an important institution and I'm grateful to them.
'I am satisfied that my views were taken into consideration and I have highlighted an important area.'
Representing herself at a short pre-trial hearing last year, she claimed UCLH medics told her to return to Serbia to get the treatment she needed, subjecting her to 'unnecessary pain for three years' until UCLH medics agreed to help in 2021.
She said she still suffers from 'chronic pain' but that it was 'manageable'.
Now after learning that UCLH was awarded £3million in funding from NIHR Central London Patients Safety for research on patients safety she said she has also written to them to contribute to the research.
Ms Kane also intends to travel south of the Border on Christmas day to deliver whisky and other 'Scottish gifts' to staff and patients at the University College London Hospital and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
Since buying Carbisdale Castle, near Bonar Bridge, the wealthy barrister has ploughed millions of pounds into restoring it to its former glory after fulfilling her dream to become a 'princess in her own fairytale'.