FILE - Alex Salmond, former Scotland first minister, attends an Alba party meeting in Dundee, Scotland, on April 19, 2022. (Jane Barlow/PA via AP, File)

FILE - Alex Salmond poses for a photo during a visit to the Scotsman Lounge in Edinburgh on the campaign trail for the Scottish Parliamentary Election on May 3, 2021. (Jane Barlow/PA via AP)

FILE - Alex Salmond stands at Stirling Castle to mark the start of the party's Mid Scotland and Fife campaign, ahead of the Scottish Parliamentary election on April 13, 2021 (Andrew Milligan/PA via AP)

FILE - Alex Salmond holds his honorary degree awarded to him by Glasgow University on April 4, 2021. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP)

File photo dated 18/03/07 of FILE - Alex Salmond addresses the Scottish National Party (SNP) conference at Glasgow Science Centre on March 18, 2007. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP)

File photo dated 14/04/05 of FILE - Alex Salmond, leader of the Scottish National Party is photographed on April 14, 2005. (Maurice McDonald/PA via AP)

FILE - Alex Salmond speaks during a debate following the Government's defeat on their fishing policy on Dec. 19, 1995. (PA via AP, File)

FILE - Alex Salmond speaks at the SNP conference in Glasgow on Oct. 14, 2016. (Jane Barlow/PA via AP)

FILE - Alex Salmond takes some tennis shots during a tour of Stirling University's new sports facilities on April 27, 2007. (David Cheskin/PA via AP)

FILE - Alex Salmond speaks to the media on College Green, Westminster, London on Oct. 11, 2022. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

FILE - Queen Elizabeth II meets Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond at Holyroodhouse on May 24, 2007. (David Cheskin/PA via AP)