LIZ TRUSS APPOINTED UK’S PRIME MINISTER BY THE QUEEN

Tue 06 September 2022:

Liz Truss was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after meeting with Queen Elizabeth II, who invited her to form a new government.

Truss, 47, took office in a carefully scripted ceremony with the monarch on Tuesday, a day after the ruling Conservative Party revealed Truss had been elected as its leader.

Liz Truss gives her first speech as Prime Minister.#LizTruss #LizTrussPM pic.twitter.com/JKSQf40UMQ

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“The Queen received in Audience The Right Honourable Elizabeth Truss MP today and requested her to form a new Administration,” a Buckingham Palace statement said.

“Ms Truss accepted Her Majesty’s offer and kissed hands upon her appointment as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury,” it added.

Her predecessor, Boris Johnson, formally stepped down during his own audience with the queen at her Balmoral estate in Scotland.

On Monday, the Conservative Party’s 172,000 members elected Truss to lead their party.

I’m against the idea that people can be born to rule – Liz Truss on the Queen (1994)

Earlier today, the Queen appointed Truss as Prime Minister.#LizTruss #LizTrussPM #liztrusscabinet pic.twitter.com/C0qCApyuGt

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