SENIOR political figures from Hungary visited St Margaret's Church in Dunfermline.

The visitors, which included the secretary of state for Hungarian Communities abroad and the Hungarian Prime Minister's chief adviser, visited the East Port place of worship to celebrate St Margaret.

A gift was presented to the church from the community of her birthplace of Mecseknádasd while a wreath was laid in the Lady Chapel at the church.

The group also visited Dunfermline Abbey where they were welcomed by Rev MaryAnn Rennie before heading to St Margaret's Chapel at Edinburgh Castle.

The Hungarian delegation were on a tour of Scotland to visit Hungarian communities in Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Lochgelly on Saturday and Sunday.

They included Árpád János Potápi, State Secretary for Hungarian communities abroad, Katalin Szili, chief adviser to the Hungarian Prime Minister and Dr László Kálmán, Consul General of Hungary in Edinburgh.

Mr Potapi said: "St Margaret is a person who links Scotland and Hungary, as she was born near Mecseknádasd in 1047.

"Known as the Pearl of Scotland, she was the saint who won the Scots to Catholicism, and her work is very similar to that of her grandfather, St Stephen of Hungary."

Dr László Kálmán and Peter Paloczy, the Depute Hungarian Ambassador in the UK, will return to Dunfermline on Sunday, June 16 for the St Margaret's Pilgrimage.