Queen Elizabeth appoints Liz Truss as UK prime minister

Queen Elizabeth appointed Liz Truss because the UK prime minister on Tuesday. Liz Truss held an viewers with the Queen at Balmoral, Scotland.

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, left, welcomes Liz Truss throughout an viewers at Balmoral, Scotland. (AP photograph)

Liz Truss, who was named chief of the Conservative Party on Monday, has been appointed UK Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury throughout her viewers with the Queen.

Liz Truss took workplace on Tuesday afternoon at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, when Queen Elizabeth II formally requested her to kind a brand new authorities. Boris Johnson, who introduced his intention to step down as UK PM two months in the past, formally resigned throughout his personal viewers with the queen a short while earlier.

The Queen acquired Liz Truss at Balmoral Castle at the moment.

Her Majesty requested her to kind a brand new Administration. Ms. Truss accepted Her Majesty’s provide and was appointed Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury. pic.twitter.com/klRwVvEOyc

— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) September 6, 2022

It was the primary time within the Queen’s 70-year reign that the handover of energy befell at Balmoral, relatively than at Buckingham Palace in London.

Following her royal viewers, 47-year-old Truss shall be flown proper again to 10 Downing Street in London to ship her inaugural speech because the Prime Minister earlier than happening to unveil some key Cabinet posts.

LIZ TRUSS WINS UK PM RACE

Liz Truss was elected as the subsequent UK Prime Minister on Monday, defeating her rival, former finance minister Rishi Sunak, to win the Tory management contest. Liz Truss polled 81,326 votes, in comparison with Rishi Sunak’s 60,399 in an election with a excessive turnout of 82.6 per cent.

Liz Truss is the third feminine Prime Minister in Britain, after Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May.

Following an inaugural speech, Liz Truss is more likely to announce the important thing ministerial portfolios in her Cabinet later at the moment.

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