Management at Aldourie Castle have pledged “business as usual” after a Danish fashion magnate added the Loch Ness estate to his Highland property portfolio.
Billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen, who owns clothing house Bestseller, has bought the castle in a deal believed to be worth around £15million.
The Loch Ness castle sits on the shore of Loch Ness and is set within 500 acres of private ground and also includes its own marina.
The property has been extensively redeveloped by previous owner Roger Tempest, who has made it available as an exclusive hire retreat.
It has been used recently by RockNess as a base for festival headliners to stay.
It also attracted the attention of Madonna who reportedly considered buying it in 2002.
Lavinia Turner, general manager of Aldourie Castle, said: “With new owner Mr Anders Holch Povlsen, Aldourie will evolve to ensure we continue to offer the finest of Scottish hospitality in one of the world’s most iconic locations on the shores of Loch Ness.
“It is business as usual welcoming guests from all over the world to our wonderful castle on Loch Ness.”
Mr Povlsen already owns several other estates in the Highlands and is believed to be the second largest private land owner in Scotland, after the Duke of Buccleuch.
He already owns the 43,000-acre Glenfeshie estate within the Cairngorm National Park which he bought in 2006.
He added an additional 4,000 acres from neighbouring farmland to the estate, which was where the artist Sir Edward Landseer painted The Monarch of the Glen.
Eralier this year, a spokesman for Povlsen’s Scottish company Wildland Limited, confirmed that the fashion magnate hoped to further extend the Cairngorm retreat.
In 2008, he bought the 30,000-acre Braeroy Estate, near Fort William, and in 2011 bought the 24,000-acre Ben Loyal Estate and the 18,000-acre Kinloch Estate near Tongue, both in Sutherland.
Last year, he acquired the 20,000 Gaick Estate from Xavier Louis Vuitton, fifth-generation head of the French designer-goods family.
He also struck a deal with Forestry Commission Scotland that involved him buying 1,000 acres in the Borders to swap for Highland woodland near to one of his estates.
He also recently been linked with the 12,600-acre Lynaberack and Ruthven Estate near Kingussie.