Former French President Jacques Chirac was given full military honours today as current and past world leaders gathered in Paris to attend his final service.<br />'' <br />'' President Emmanuel Macron cut a solemn figure as he presided over the ceremony near the site of Napoleon's tomb in the courtyard of Les Invalides. A military band played the national anthem, "La Marseillaise," before Macron inspected the troops.<br />'' <br />'' Jacques Chirac's casket, covered with a Tricolor flag, was then carried to the centre of the courtyard.<br />'' <br />'' Emmanuel Macron, who did not speak, will also attend a memorial service at the Church of Saint-Sulpice in downtown Paris alongside dozens of French politicians and foreign officials.<br />'' <br />'' They include Russian President Vladimir Putin, former US President Bill Clinton, former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and Jordan's King Abdallah II. A private funeral will take place later at the Montparnasse cemetery.<br />'' <br />''<br />''Jacques Chirac died Thursday at the age of 86. A mainstay of French politics over four decades, he served as Paris mayor, a lawmaker, prime minister and the president from 1995 to 2007.<br />