I confronted Mike with some questions concerning his picture and his reply is listed below:
Mike writes, "This picture isn't a fake. We've had this picture for years. We only found it again after my mum passed away and we were cleaning up the house. It was taken by my father. My mother and sister are sitting on the cannon at Edinburgh castle, and the figure to the right hand corner looks like military type, it was taken some time in the eighties."
Jim's additional comments: We haven't completely eliminated the possibility of double or even over exposure, but highly unlikely.

.