Liz Truss becomes UK prime minister after Boris Johnson’s resignation
On Tuesday, Liz Truss became the prime minister of the United Kingdom, shortly after Boris Johnson formally resigned. During an audience with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on Tuesday morning Johnson, who had announced his intention to resign two months ago, formally stepped down. A short time later, according to a statement from Buckingham Palace, with the 96-year-old queen, Truss had her own audience and was formally asked to form a new government. In the queen’s 70-year reign that the ceremonial transfer of power was held at Balmoral it was the first time, where she is vacationing, rather than at Buckingham Palace in London. After the ruling Conservative Party selected her as its new leader Truss, 47, took office a day, putting her in line to be confirmed without the need for a general election as the U.K. prime minister because in the House of Commons the Conservatives wield a majority. On Monday in a speech following her vi...