Queen Elizabeth Appoints Liz Truss As UK Prime Minister

London: After winning the Prime Ministerial race, Conservative Party leader Liz Truss has been appointed UK Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury during her audience with the Queen on Tuesday.

It was the first time in the Queen’s 70-year reign that the handover of power took place at Balmoral, rather than at Buckingham Palace in London.

Liz Truss took office on Tuesday afternoon at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, when Queen Elizabeth II formally asked her to form a new government.

Boris Johnson, who announced his intention to step down as UK PM two months ago, formally resigned during his own audience with the queen a short time earlier.

Liz Truss was elected as the next UK Prime Minister on Monday, defeating her rival, former finance minister Rishi Sunak, to win the Tory leadership contest.

Liz Truss polled 81,326 votes, compared to Rishi Sunak’s 60,399 in an election with a high turnout of 82.6 per cent.