Martin McGuinness: In pictures

Martin McGuinness (second from right) with his familyMcGuinness family

Martin McGuinness (second from right) was born in Londonderry into a large Catholic family

A young Martin McGuinness in Londonderry

A young Martin McGuinness in his home city - the former IRA commander joined the paramilitary organisation in 1970, shortly after the Troubles began

Martin McGuinness at a Bobby Sands commemoration march on the Falls Road in west Belfast in the 1980s with Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams and Danny MorrisonPacemaker

Mr McGuinness at a Bobby Sands commemoration march on the Falls Road in west Belfast in the 1980s with Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams and Danny Morrison

Martin McGuinness in 1985Pacemaker

Up close and personal: A young Martin McGuinness in Derry in 1985

Martin McGuinness pictured with masked men at an IRA funeral in 1988Pacemaker

The man who would later become Northern Ireland's deputy first minister is pictured with masked men at an IRA funeral in 1988

Martin McGuinness addresses the media outside Connolly House in west Belfast at the time of the IRA ceasefire in 1994Pacemaker

Mr McGuinness addresses the media outside Connolly House in west Belfast at the time of the IRA ceasefire in 1994

Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness smile after being sworn in as first and deputy first ministers of the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2007PA

Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness are pictured after being sworn in as first and deputy first ministers of the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2007 - they were later to be dubbed the 'Chuckle Brothers'

Martin McGuinness shakes hands with the QueenPA

Seismic moment: Mr McGuinness shook hands with the Queen in June 2012 in the company of the then first minister, the DUP's Peter Robinson

At a speech in 2013 he revealed he had slept in the Queen's bed at Hillsborough Castle when she was not there

At a speech in 2013 he revealed he had slept in the Queen's bed at Hillsborough Castle when she was not there, during 2010 devolution negotiations

Arlene Foster (left) later took over as First Minister, serving alongside Mr McGuinness

Arlene Foster became Northern Ireland's first minister in 2016 serving in a joint office with Mr McGuinness at Stormont

Martin McGuinness

In poor health: Mr McGuinness resigned as Northern Ireland's deputy first minister in January 2017, in protest against the handling of a botched energy scheme that could cost taxpayers £490m