Nicola Sturgeon has recalled the moment her husband saved one of the Queen's corgis from being electrocuted while on a visit to Balmoral Castle.
The First Minister led a motion of condolence in honour of the monarch in the Scottish Parliament which was attended by the King and the Queen Consort.
Sturgeon told of how Peter Murrell stopped the dog, a dog named Sandy, from chewing through a lamp switch after a light began to flicker at Balmoral.
She said: "I did experience one rather tense moment at Balmoral when my husband and I were with the Queen before dinner when the drawing room light started to flicker."To my great alarm, he was, after all, in the presence of Her Majesty, my husband suddenly leapt up and darted across the floor.
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