The funeral of Charles Kennedy Is being held today.
Friends and family will gather in the villiage of Caol near Fort William for the celebration of his life. The former liberal democrat leader died last week, aged 55, from a haemorrhage caused by alcoholism.
The Principal Celebrant will be Monsignor James MacNeil, Administrator of the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles. The Parish Priest Fr. Roddy McAuley, will preach the Homily. Fourteen children from St. Columba’s R.C. Primary school, Lochyside, which Charles Kennedy attended as a child, will sing the Psalm, “O God, you search me and you know me”.
The family have chosen the following hymns: Christ be beside me, Our God loves us, I the Lord of sea and sky, Soul of my Saviour, How Great thou art. Brian McBride, a friend of Charles Kennedy will offer a eulogy after Communion. John Cameron, a close family friend of the Kennedys, will lead the musicians who also played at Charles’ parents funerals Fr. Pat Brown, Chaplain to the Westminster Parliament and Monsignor Thomas Wynne, of St. Margaret's Roy Bridge, a friend of the Kennedy family, will concelebrate.
Willie Rennie, leader of the Liberal Democrats in Scotland, told Kingdom FM News how he will remember Charles:
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