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A formal planning application has been lodged to convert Taymouth Castle in Perthshire into Britain's first "seven-star" luxury hotel. Service will be

second to none at the £1,000 a night Highland hideaway which will rival the only other seven-star hotel in the world - in Dubai. Taymouth Castle is the

ancestral home of the Campbell's of Breadalbane and Queen Victoria and Prince Albert spent their honeymoon there. Part of the movie "Mrs Brown" was filmed in the castle, with the 50-seater table there doubling as the

one at Balmoral. The American Four Seasons Hotel Group which has bought the property, say that they plan to restore and repair the building to its

former grandeur - and add to the facilities, including a helicopter landing

pad, swimming pool and spa. The existing golf course will be enhanced and a new club house will be built.

Taymouth Castle, on the banks of the River Tay, with 450 acres of land, an 18-hole golf course and 2.5 miles of salmon fishing on the river, has been up for sale since 1997 - at "offers over £5.5 million". Although the castle largely dates from the 19th century, it incorporates parts of a castle which was built in 1580 for Sir Colin Campbell of Glenorchy. Queen Victoria stayed in the castle in 1842. When the Campbell Breadalbane Estates were broken up in the 1920's, the castle was bought by a hotel company but later became a school for the families of US servicemen. It has been unoccupied for the last 20 years. There have been recent reports that Four Seasons, the Toronto-based luxury hotel and global resorts operator, has started negotiations with Perth and Kinross Council with a view to making an £80 million investment to transform the category A-listed property into the world's second seven-star hotel to rival Gleneagles. The castle is beginning to show signs of wear and tear as it is only being looked after on a "care and maintenance" basis. Developers would need to preserve the historical elements of the building - including lavish ceiling paintings and ornate plaster-work.

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