Family and friends of Alex Salmond, including Alba colleague Kenny MacAskill, stood in a silent guard of honour for the former first minister. Once the coffin is loaded into the hearse by the funeral director, the friends and family get into a black car.

The body of former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has been brought back to Scotland on a private jet, six days after the politician died suddenly in North Macedonia.

Alex Salmond’s coffin was draped in a Saltire ahead of the plane bringing him home to Scotland taking off. Mr Salmond died on Saturday from a heart attack while speaking at a conference in the city of Ohrid in North Macedonia.