Alex Salmond has launched a blistering attack on the BBC for its reporting on the Queen's death.
The former first minister accused the broadcaster of "bias" and "historical ignorance" for the way it had followed events since the monarch's passing at Balmoral Castle last week.
Salmond praised Scotland for making a "positive contribution" to the week of national mourning for a "truly remarkable lady" - but claimed the BBC's coverage had been "jarring".
The Alba party leader is a frequent critic of the broadcaster and has previously accused it of being "anti-independence".
In a Twitter thread posted last night, Salmond said: "The BBC have badly let people down in their coverage of the Queen’s passing.
"The ongoing attempt to appropriate a display of Scottish respect and affection for our late monarch to peddle a state political line, shows the extent of BBC departure from broadcasting standards."
He continued: "In the course of a remarkable three days, we can at least say that Scotland has done the Queen proud.
"I am in no doubt that she planned the whole thing exactly as it transpired and the solemnity, without flummery, is what she would have wanted. It was as it should be
"In the case of the BBC, journalists and contributors queue up to parade their historical ignorance but apparent certainty of the late Queen’s opinions without the benefit, for the most part, of ever having a serious personal conversation with her.
"BBC bias and the needless, and completely pointless, arrest of a handful of protesters have been the only jarring notes in an otherwise fitting and positive Scottish contribution and appreciation for this truly remarkable lady."
The broadcaster won praise for the way it announced the death of the Queen last Thursday, with one London newspaper describing it as “simple but magisterial coverage”.
But the cancellation of many primetime shows and hours of extended news reports of the Queen's funeral procession through the country has prompted many complaints on social media.
Salmond has repeatedly criticised the BBC in the past for the way it reported on the 2014 Scottish independence referendum.
In 2016, he said: "Independence campaigners should be clear that one thing is unlikely to change between IndyRef one and two – and that is the blatant anti-independence bias of BBC news bulletins.”
The Record has asked the BBC for comment.
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