State funeral of former Italian president Giorgio Napolitano takes place in Rome

Among dignitaries paying their respects were French president, Emmanuel Macron, and the Duchess of Edinburgh

Crowds gathered outside the Italian parliament as the non-religious state funeral of Giorgio Napolitano, a former communist who as president navigated Italy through almost a decade of turbulent political times, took place in Rome.

Napolitano, the first president to be elected twice, died on Friday at the age of 98.