Tributes paid as family and friends attend funeral of Alex Salmond

It comes more than two weeks after his sudden death while attending a conference in North Macedonia.

“An outstanding political figure and political genius” – one of the many tributes paid today to the former First Minister Alex Salmond, as his funeral was held near his family home in Aberdeenshire.

Close friends and family gathered for the private ceremony in the village of Strichen.

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