Liz Truss was mistaken for a 'minor royal' by Australian TV presenters as they failed to identify the new Prime Minister at the Queen's funeral.
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welcomed the 15th prime minister of her 70-year reign. But in others, Her Majesty’s audience with Liz Truss, as she invited the incoming Prime Minister to form a new government, was a sign of changing times. For the first time, the Queen, 96, formally ushered in a new political era within the cosy confines of the green-carpeted drawing room at Balmoral, her Aberdeenshire estate, rather than at Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle.
Around two weeks ago, the decision was taken that both Boris Johnson and his successor would make the 1,000-mile round trip from London to Scotland because of the Queen’s ongoing mobility problems. She is understood to have been advised not to travel, having reportedly endured “a change in the past few weeks” in her mobility, meaning she has been resting more. Buckingham Palace sources said the decision was made to provide certainty over travel plans.
At a time of political and financial instability, the Queen’s simple constitutional duty, known as the “kissing of hands”, represents cohesion and continuity. But the change in location also served as a reminder of her advancing years and increasing frailty. She did not attend the Braemar Gathering at the weekend and had not been photographed in public since July 15, before she embarked on her summer break.
But the monarch appeared in good spirits as she was pictured shaking hands with Ms Truss before a roaring log fire. She was dressed less formally than usual, in what has been described as her “traditional Balmoral attire”, including a skirt in Balmoral tartan and an autumnal cardigan. Clutching her now familiar walking stick, the Queen smiled warmly as she lent forward to shake Ms Truss’s hand after the new prime minister had performed the
.Liz Truss was mistaken for a 'minor royal' by Australian TV presenters as they failed to identify the new Prime Minister at the Queen's funeral.
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Queen Elizabeth II made history on Tuesday, when she both accepted the resignation of former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and appointed new Prime Minister Liz Truss at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Truss is England's third female prime minister and the 15th prime minister to serve during the queen's 70-year reign. Breaking tradition, the 96-year-old reigning monarch chose to relocate the symbolic events due to her ongoing health and mobility issues.
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The Queen has died at the age of 96, Buckingham Palace has confirmed.
Her last appearance. Queen Elizabeth II‘s final royal engagement came just days before her death when she appointed new Prime Minister Liz Truss on Tuesday, September 6.
Queen Elizabeth II, the reigning constitutional monarch of the U.K. and its Commonwealth realms, has died at the age of 96.
The Queen is currently at her Scottish residence of Balmoral where she is ‘under medical supervision’. Her Majesty, 96, took the decision to stay on at her summer residence this year and it was where she was to greet the new Prime Minister Liz Truss on Tuesday.
The new Prime Minister Liz Truss and leader of the opposition Sir Keir Starmer left the House of Commons abruptly after they were handed notes about the Queen.
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The Queen has shared a glimpse into her second home at Balmoral Castle in Scotland as she met with the new British Prime Minister, Liz Truss. It is the first time in the 96 year old monarch's reign that she has sworn in a new Prime Minister outside of her official residence of Buckingham Palace in London, instead inviting the new PM to make the 1000-mile round trip to her Scottish retreat.The Queen has been facing ongoing mobility issues for the past year, and she could be seen leaning on a walking stick as she shook Liz's hand in front of a blazing fire.