The world leaders, presidents and prime ministers the Queen outlasted

When Elizabeth became Queen in 1952, Stalin was still leader of the USSR and Truman President of the US. Since then she has seen 15 British Prime Ministers come and go and had only this week welcomed her 16th - Liz Truss - to Blamoral

She has also seen 14 American Presidents take power at the White House - and met 13 of them during her tenure.

On a visit to Cardiff in 2021, she was caught expressing her irritation at world leaders having not committed ahead of a climate summit being held in Glasgow the following month.

Her Majesty normally held a weekly audience with the Prime Minister throughout her reign in order to discuss Government matters which are held in an audience room in her apartments and are always entirely private. During the pandemic, they were held via telephone. Most recently, just this week a few days before her death, she accepted the resignation of outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and welcomed the new one - Liz truss.

She has always remained politically neutral on all matters but was able to 'advise and warn' politicians when necessary.

British Prime Ministers

Winston Churchill (1951-1955)

The Queen - then Princess Elizabeth - marking VE Day in 1945 (Mirrorpix)

Sir Anthony Eden (1955-1957)

Harold Macmillan (1957-1963)

Sir Alec Douglas-Home (1963-1964)

Harold Wilson (1964-1970)

Edward Heath (1970-1974)

Queen Elizabeth II seen here with Prime Minister Edward Heath (Mirrorpix)

Harold Wilson (1974 to 1976)

James Callaghan (1976-1979)

British prime minister James Callaghan (left) with Queen Elizabeth II (Hulton Archive)

Margaret Thatcher (1979-1990)

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John Major (1990-1997)

Tony Blair (1997-2007)

Queen Elizabeth joins hands with Prime Minister Tony Blair, the Duke of Edinburgh and Cherie Blair to sing the traditional New Year's Eve 'Auld Lang Syne' at midnight during the celebrations at the Millennium Dome (mirrorpix)

Gordon Brown (2007-2010)

David Cameron (2010-2016)

Queen Elizabeth II talks with Prime Minister David Cameron in October 2015 (Carl Court/Getty Images)

Theresa May (2016-2019)

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Boris Johnson (2019-2022)

Boris Johnson making his victory speech (Getty Images)

Liz Truss (2022-present day)

The Queen meets new Prime Minister Liz Truss (Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Presidents of the USA

Harry S Truman (1945-1953)

Dwight D Eisenhower (1953-1961)

The Queen with President Eisenhower at Balmoral in August 1959 (Mirrorpix)

John F Kennedy (1961-1963)

American President John F Kennedy (right) and his wife Jacqueline (second left) pictured with Queen Elizabeth II (second right) and the Duke of Edinburgh (left) at Buckingham Palace, in London in 1961 (PA)

Lyndon B Johnson (1963-1969)

Richard Nixon (1969-1974)

Queen Elizabeth II with the then US President Richard Nixon at Chequers in Buckinghamshire in 1970 (PA)

Gerald Ford (1974-1977)

Queen Elizabeth II dancing with President Gerald Ford after a White House Banquet. (Mirrorpix)

Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)

Queen Elizabeth II with the then US President Jimmy Carter at a State Dinner at Buckingham Palace in London in 1977 (PA)

Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)

American President Ronald Reagan riding horses with Queen Elizabeth II (Mirrorpix)

George Bush (1989-1993)

US President George Bush, his wife Barbara, the Duke of Edinburgh and Queen Elizabeth II in 1989 (PA)

Bill Clinton (1993-2001)

The Clintons on their last presidential visit to the UK (Daily Mirror)

George W Bush (2001-2009)

Barack Obama (2009-2016)

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Donald Trump (2016-2021)

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Joe Biden (2021 onwards)

Queen Elizabeth II with US President Joe Biden (Getty Images)

USSR/Russia

Joseph Stalin (mid 1920s-1953)

Georgi Malenkov (1953-1955)

Nikolai Bulganin (1955-1958)

Nikita Krushchev (1958-1964)

Leonid Brezhnev (1964-1982)

Yuri Andropov (1982-1984)

Konstantin Chernenko (1984-1985)

Mikhail Gorbachev (1985-1991)

Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, visiting the Queen at Windsor Castle in April 1989 (Mirrorpix)

Boris Yeltsin (1991-1999)

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Vladimir Putin (1999-current)

Queen Elizabeth and Russia's President Vladimir Putin sit in a carriage heading to Buckingham Palace in London, June 2003 (Daily Mirror)

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