Liz Truss PM LIVE: Queen shakes hands with Truss as she officially becomes UK's new PM

Liz Truss, who was joined by her husband Hugh O’Leary, said her goodbyes to the Queen’s private secretary and her equerry in a reception hallway and was waved off by the royal aides.

The new PM, who will take on Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer in PMQs tomorrow lunchtime, will return to London where she will set out her vision for the nation at 4pm.

She will be driven to Aberdeen Airport before catching a flight back to the capital.

In a statement, Buckingham Palace said: "The Queen received in audience The Right Honourable Elizabeth Truss MP today and requested her to form a new administration.

"Ms Truss accepted Her Majesty's offer and kissed hands upon her appointment as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury."

The Queen has been seen for the first time in weeks to greet the new Prime Minister Liz Truss.

Her Majesty was seen clutching her walking stick as she shook hands with the new PM at her holiday home of Balmoral in the Scottish Highlands.

The monarch officially invited Liz Truss to form a new government after the resignation of Boris Johnson.

Truss becomes the 15th PM of the Queen's 70-year reign.

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Liz Truss’ team has worked swiftly to update her Twitter profile to mark her new role.

“Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Leader of the Conservative Party. MP for South West Norfolk,” the description states.

Boris Johnson has already altered his too, with his profile now describing him as "former Prime Minister".

Liz Truss becomes the 56th Prime Minister after being invited to form a new government by the Queen.

The newly-elected leader of the Conservative party met the monarch just moments ago following the resignation of Boris Johnson.

Truss will return to London shortly where she is due to make a speech from outside No10 at around 4pm.

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The Queen has been seen standing with a walking stick to greet Liz Truss and offer an invitation to form a new government and become the next PM.

The monarch can be seen shaking hands with the newly-elected leader of the Conservative Party in the drawing room at Balmoral.

In this new photo, the Queen greets the 15th PM of her reign and the third female UK leader.

The monarch wore a grey cardigan and pleated tartan skirt for her audience with the latest PM.

The Queen has officially accepted Boris Johnson's resignation.

The monarch is currently meeting Liz Truss who will be invited to form the next government and become the fourth PM in six years.

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The country’s next PM has swept onto the Queen’s private Scottish estate in a chauffeur-driven car with her husband Hugh O’Leary.

Ms Truss, who was declared the winner in the Tory leadership contest yesterday, will be formally invited to form a Government and become prime minister during her audience with the Queen.

Like her predecessor Mr Johnson, who earlier tendered his resignation to the Queen, she was welcomed by the Queen’s private Secretary Sir Edward Young and her Equerry Lieutenant Colonel Tom White.

Ms Truss said “good afternoon” as she first shook hands with the Equerry, who gestured towards Sir Edward and the aide introduced himself before the politician and her husband were ushered inside.

She is expected to spend around half an hour with the monarch.

Liz Truss will be the first PM to be appointed at Balmoral since 1885.

She won the Tory leadership campaign by 57 per cent of the vote and will become the UK's third female PM.

New Conservative leader Liz Truss has arrived at Balmoral where she will meet the Queen.

The monarch has just met with outgoing PM Boris Johnson who offered his formal resignation after 1,139 days in power.

Shortly after his audience with the Queen, Boris Johnson’s Twitter profile reflected his new status.

It now describes him as the “former prime minister of the United Kingdom”.

Boris Johnson has left Balmoral after resigning as PM.

Liz Truss will be meeting the Queen shortly where she will be invited to form a new government.

Buckingham Palace has released statement after Boris Johnson handed in his official resignation.

A Palace spokesperson said: “The Right Honourable Boris Johnson MP had an audience of The Queen this morning and tendered his resignation as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, which Her Majesty was graciously pleased to accept.”

The Queen has accepted Boris Johnson's resignation as Prime Minister.

Liz Truss, who has not yet arrived at Balmoral, will meet Her Majesty shortly where she will be asked to form a new government.

This technically means the country doesn't have a PM at the moment.

Mr Johnson and his wife Carrie spent almost 40 minutes with the Queen before leaving Balmoral a few minutes before midday.

Truss was due to meet the monarch at 12.10pm but it's understood she may be running slightly behind schedule.

SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford says Liz Truss is “not learning any of the lessons Boris should have learned” when it comes to Scottish independence.

Speaking to the PA news agency on Tuesday, Mr Blackford said: “She’s not learning any of the lessons that Boris Johnson should have learned because it’s not for Boris Johnson, Liz Truss or anybody else in Number 10 to determine whether or not Scotland becomes an independent country. That’s a matter for the people of Scotland.

“It’s about respecting democracy, it’s about respecting people’s right to choose and I’d simply say to Liz Truss that in the Scottish election 2021, the SNP and the Greens stood on a manifesto commitment of delivering a referendum of independence. We won that election – there’s an independence majority in the Scottish Parliament.

“We hear often about the UK respecting the devolved administrations if Scotland was to leave the United Kingdom. Westminster has to recognise that the Government in Scotland has that mandate, has the right to call that referendum.

“I regret the fact that because of the transience of Westminster … the Scottish Government is having to take this to the Supreme Court in October.

“But one thing that I will say today is that a referendum will happen and it would be far better if Westminster recognised that they need to respect the rights of the people of Scotland to have their say in the future.”

Sir Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats, said Boris Johnson has “failed the country on so many levels” as he spoke about the outgoing prime minister’s legacy.

Speaking after Mr Johnson’s resignation speech, he said: “I listened to Boris Johnson as he left Downing Street and I didn’t recognise his version of his record.

“He’s left the country devastated in his wake. He’s failed the country on so many levels whether it’s our economy, where we’ve got the lowest growth of any industrialise country bar Russia that’s been sanctioned.

“We’ve got inflation going through the roof with rocketing fuel and energy and food prices.

“We have record NHS waiting lost and a crisis in our healthcare system.

“This is his legacy and it’s a dreadful one. It shows why he was unfit to be our Prime Minister in the first place.”

Boris Johnson was greeted by the Queen's private Secretary Sir Edward Young and her Equerry Lieutenant Colonel Tom White, and said "good morning" a number of times to the Queen's aides and a small group of waiting media.

Pages were on hand to open the doors of the chauffeur-driven car which arrived in light rain and stopped at the front door of Balmoral Castle.

The head of state and Mr Johnson will meet in the drawing room of the private royal residence where the former Tory party leader will offer his resignation to the Queen.

Following convention, the politician is expected to leave the Queen's estate via a private route.

Carrie Johnson arrived at Balmoral with the outgoing PM as he offers his official resignation to the Queen.

The three-vehicle convoy bringing Boris Johnson to Balmoral Castle has arrived.

He will have his audience with the Queen shortly where he will offer his formal resgination.

Boris Johnson has delivered his final farewell speech from outside No 10, comparing himself to a "booster rocket" and a Roman statesman.

Before heading to Balmoral to formally offer his resignation to the Queen shortly, the departing Prime Minister urged his party to unite behind the new Tory leader Liz Truss.

He also signalled he could make a comeback through a series of rambling metaphor, as he was flanked by family members, loyal MPs and close aides.

Here The Mirror looks at Mr Johnson's speech and unpicks his final claims.

Outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves a legacy of “scandal, sleaze and the highest inflation for decades”, according to Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner.

Speaking on College Green on Tuesday morning, she told the PA news agency: “If you heard Boris Johnson’s speech this morning, you’d think everything was rosy and great.

“Actually, the legacy is scandal, sleaze, the highest inflation for decades, cost-of-living crisis, people’s standard of living going down, we’ve seen the highest tax burden on the UK and we’ve seen GP waiting lists going up, we’ve seen the NHS engulfed in a crisis, we’ve seen our public services really demoralised.

“He talked about levelling up, but northern rail has been levelled down, we’ve seen levelling down across the United Kingdom and partying when people quite frankly couldn’t see their relatives, and there was no acknowledgement of the scandalous behaviour from Boris Johnson – and of course Liz Truss was part of that Cabinet.

“I thought it was astonishing that he thought it was a good laugh and said: ‘bye, I’ve been a rocket and it’s been great’, when actually, it’s been a damp squib and everyone’s poorer as a result of it.”

Ms Rayner added that the new prime minister should tackle the cost-of-living crisis by adopting Labour’s plan for a windfall tax on gas and oil companies alongside longer-term solutions like investing in renewable energy and retrofitting homes.

She also hopes to see a “real clear-up” of parliamentary standards under Liz Truss after the “sleaze and scandal” of Boris Johnson’s tenure.

Liz Truss' plane has landed in Aberdeen ahead of her audience with the Queen.

The new PM will be invited to form a new government when she meets with Her Majesty inside Balmoral Castle at around 12.10pm.

Boris Johnson will meet with the Queen beforehand to offer his formal resignation.

The Dassault Falcon 900LX, carrying Truss, left RAF Northolt shortly after 9.30am but appeared to have a delayed landing after it was seen circling the airport.

The plane touched down at Aberdeen at 11.02am.

During an intense summer battling for leadership, Truss has become the centre of attention as the cost of living crisis devastates the country, leaving millions of households struggling to pay their bills.

While the public is eager to see what the new Prime Minister's response to the crisis will be, the attention hasn't just been on her policies, but also her most awkward blunders.

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The Queen is said to never be happier than when she is staying on her beloved Balmoral estate.

Balmoral Castle – her private Scottish home in Aberdeenshire – was handed down to her through generations of royals after being bought for Queen Victoria by Prince Albert in 1852.

Victoria described Balmoral as her “Heaven on Earth”, and it is where she sought solace after Albert’s death.

The turreted grey stone castle by the River Dee is surrounded by fir-clad hills, lochs and grouse moors.

The Queen’s traditional annual stay at the main property – after a break at Craigowan Lodge on the estate in July – usually stretches through August and September and into October.

Princess Eugenie, the Queen’s granddaughter, once described Balmoral as the most beautiful place on the planet.

“Walks, picnics, dogs – a lot of dogs, there’s always dogs – and people coming in and out all the time,” she said.

Liz Truss is reported to be considering a freeze on energy bill prices this week as pressure mounts on the soon-to-be Prime Minister to deal with the cost of living crisis.

Her Government will seek to freeze bills until the next general election in 2024, the Daily Telegraph reports.

Truss is due to address the nation live from No10 at 4pm today.

And households braced for the Ofgem energy price cap to rocket from £1,971 to £3,549 a year from October 1 want her to set out specific support.

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Liz Truss' plane is close to arriving in Scotland, it's understood.

She will meet the Queen at around 12.10pm, spending around half an hour with Her Majesty and accepting an invitation to form a new government, before returning to London as the new PM.

Security is gathering around Balmoral Castle where Boris Johnson will soon be meeting with the Queen to offer his formal resignation.

When Liz Truss enters Downing Street, she will be handed an in-tray overflowing with problems.

Top of the list is the looming hike in energy bills that threaten to leave more families in destitution and more businesses on the brink of bankruptcy.

The new PM also inherits an economy that is juddering towards recession, soaring inflation and a wages crisis.

Read the central challenges facing Britain’s 56th Prime Minister here.

Security guards are gathering outside Balmoral Castle.

Boris Johnson will hold an audience with the Queen at around 11.20am before Her Majesty meets Liz Truss at around 12.10pm.

Mr Johnson and the incoming PM travelled from London to Aberdeen in seperate planes due to security reasons.

The last general election took place on December 12, 2019, which concluded with Boris Johnson remaining as prime minister as the Conservative Party won the election with a landslide majority of 80 seats.

The party made a net gain of 48 seats and won 43.6% of the popular vote, which was the highest percentage for any party since 1979.

A date for the next general election is yet to be confirmed but Ms Truss has hinted that an election could take place in two years' time.

Following her leadership victory, she told Conservative Party members that she will deliver "a great victory for the Conservative Party in 2024."

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