Conservative Party leader Liz Truss has been appointed Prime Minister after meeting the Queen and still has a busy day ahead finalising her Cabinet. A photo from inside the drawing room at Balmoral showed the Queen smiling as she shook Liz Truss’s hand.
Wearing a grey cardigan and pleated tartan skirt, the monarch also clutched a walking stick as she held an audience with the incoming prime minister and invited her to form a government. Liz Truss’s team swiftly updated her Twitter profile to mark her new role.
“Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Leader of the Conservative Party. MP for South West Norfolk,” the description states.
Liz Truss swept onto the Queen’s private Scottish estate in a chauffeur-driven car with her husband Hugh O’Leary.
Ms Truss, who on Monday was declared the winner in the Tory leadership contest, was formally invited to form a Government and become prime minister during her audience with the Queen.
Like her predecessor Mr Johnson, who earlier tendered his resignation to the Queen, she was welcomed by the Queen’s private Secretary Sir Edward Young and her Equerry Lieutenant Colonel Tom White.
Ms Truss said “good afternoon” as she first shook hands with the Equerry, who gestured towards Sir Edward and the aide introduced himself before the politician and her husband were ushered inside.
Shortly after his audience with the Queen, Boris Johnson’s Twitter profile reflected his new status, describing him as the “former prime minister of the United Kingdom”.
Boris Johnson and his wife spent almost 40 minutes with the Queen before leaving Balmoral a few minutes before midday.
