What the Scottish daily papers say

The Scottish Sun reports that Prince Charles wept for his cherished gran as he walked behind her coffin on Friday.

It also says that the contrast between public splendour and private grief could not have been greater yesterday as the Royal Family took the Queen Mother to lie in state.

The Scotsman reports that cardiac operations have been suspended at one of Scotland's biggest hospitals after it emerged that all 13 patients in an intensive care unit have contracted the so-called superbug MRSA.

The paper also says President George Bush gave his enthusiastic backing to this weekend's Tartan Day celebrations, telling The Scotsman of his admiration for the role Scots played in American life.

The Daily Record reports that more than 20,000 mourners queued for hours to file past the Queen Mum's coffin on Friday night.

It also reports that a Scots millionaire has been killed in Kenya after his car was crushed by an oil tanker.

The Herald reports that the Italian fertility doctor who last year announced plans to clone humans has said that one of the woman he has been treating is pregnant with the world's first cloned baby.

The Daily Telegraph says Tony Blair faces a tax bill that could stretch to thousands of pounds because he allowed the Egyptian Government to pay for his family holiday at a Red Sea resort.

The Press & Journal and the Scottish Daily Mail both report on the last respects being paid to the Queen Mother in London.

The Financial Times says Gordon Brown is ready to risk tax rises of well above £5bn in the Budget to restore a comfortable cushion to the public finances and pay for a large increase in health spending.

The Courier reports that a speeding motorist, who knocked down a little girl after she shot out on to the road on her scooter, was convicted of causing her death.