The symbolic ceremony took place at the sovereign's remote Balmoral retreat in the Scottish Highlands
Liz Truss is Britain's new prime minister"The queen received in audience the right honourable Elizabeth Truss MP today and requested her to form a new administration," Buckingham Palace said in a statement.The last time the handover of power took place at Balmoral was in 1885, when queen Victoria was on the throne.
She is expected to make her first speech as prime minister outside 10 Downing Street at about 4:00 pm on Tuesday -- weather permitting. If confirmed, it would mean no white men in any of Britain's four main ministerial posts for the first time ever.The incoming prime minister faces a daunting to-do list, with the UK in the grip of its worst economic crisis in decades, with double-digit inflation and sky-rocketing gas and electricity bills.
Recent opinion polls suggest a sizeable chunk of the British public have no faith in her ability to tackle the cost-of-living crisis.
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