Liz Truss has been announced as the new Conservative Party leader and will take over from Boris Johnson as Prime Minister on Tuesday lunchtime.
The current Foreign Secretary will have a busy couple of days after defeating Rishi Sunak in the Tory leadership race. Truss will travel to the Scottish Highlands to meet the Queen on Tuesday at Balmoral Castle, where she will be asked to form a government and become prime minister.
Truss, 47, will become the third female prime minister in British history - following in the footsteps of Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May - with all three serving during the Queen's 70 years on the throne.
But new Conservative Party leader Truss, who will become the Queen's 15th PM, has, in the past, called for the monarchy to be abolished.
Here's all you need to know about the next couple of days will look like for Truss:
Meeting the Queen
The first duty of the new Prime Minister is to meet the monarch. The audience with the Queen is normally at Buckingham Palace in London, however due to mobility issues the ceremony is being held at Balmoral in Aberdeenshire this time.
Boris Johnson will address the nation at around 8.30am on Tuesday morning before travelling to Scotland to officially resign as Prime Minister. Liz Truss will travel up separately for an audience.
Appointing Cabinet
After meeting the Queen at Balmoral Castle on Tuesday lunchtime LIz Truss will travel back to Aberdeen International Airport to fly down to London.
She will start work immediately on the plane back to Downing Street and will begin appointing Tory MPs to serve in her Cabinet going forward.
There are around 23 Cabinet positions to fill, however it's expected the main offices of power (Chancellor, Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary) will be announced first by Truss. Other posts and junior ministers are usually announced the next day.
All candidates for the top roles need to be interviewed to avoid a conflict of interest.
First speech
After touching down in London Liz Truss will travel back to Downing Street to give her first speech as Prime Minister on the steps of Number 10. It will be the first time the country hears from Truss after she is officially appointed by the Queen.
Truss will be expected to address the main issues facing the country at the moment; the cost of living crisis, the economy, Ukraine, Brexit and Scottish independence.
The current Foreign Secretary will also say she wants to reunite the country and her party following a very divisive campaign between her and Rishi Sunak.
Nuclear letters
One of the first jobs of any new Prime Minister is to write the letters of last resort for nuclear submarine captains. Former PM David Cameron described the process in his autobiography.
He wrote: "A senior naval commander comes to your office to brief you on the options and the process. You’re then left alone with a series of alternative letters, and you decide which instructions to give.
"The others you shred in a giant, industrial-sized shredder which seems to appear in your office that morning."
Calls from foreign leaders
As soon as Truss finishes her speech on the steps of Downing Street and enters through the famous black door the phone will start ringing.
World leaders from US President Joe Biden to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be on the phone congratulating Truss on winning the contest. One call that could be quite awkward is the one with French President Emmanuel Macron.
During the campaign Truss said the "jury was out" on whether Macron was a friend or foe to the United Kingdom.
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