About 1,000 people from across the globe attended a memorial service for the pair, from Surrey, in 2018.

On Saturday evening, around the same time as the square in front of Magdeburg's Gothic cathedral was filled with mourners watching a memorial service, a demonstration took place nearby.

She said there had been a lot to plan between bringing his body home and arranging both the funeral and the memorial service.

His family said the memorial service would allow people to say goodbye and reflect on his life.

A memorial service is to take place on Saturday for the former First Minister Alex Salmond, who died suddenly last month.