The new leader of the British Conservative Party, Liz Truss, has already been commissioned to form a government as head of the parliamentary majority for a audience with Queen Elizabeth IIwho shortly before had received the formal resignation of Boris Johnson.
Officials of the Royal House released a photograph of the monarch and Truss shaking hands in the Balmoral Castlethe queen’s summer residence in Scotland, some 800 kilometers north of London.
Shortly before, the still British Prime Minister, the Conservative Boris Johnson, traveled to Scotland on Tuesday to formally present his resignation to Queen Elizabeth II at Balmoral Castle, where the sovereign spends her vacations. The politician, who traveled accompanied by his wife, Carrie Johnson, said goodbye to the United Kingdom with a speech delivered at the official residence of 10 Downing Street.
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“This is it, friends,” Boris Johnson said as he left the residence, while highlighting his achievements, such as Brexit, the launch of the extensive vaccination program against covid-19 and support for Ukraine after the invasion. country Russian.
Johnson He resigned in July due to the rebellion of members of his Government in protest at his management and due to several scandals that dotted his Executive, such as the parties in Downing Street when there were strong restrictions due to the pandemic.