The king asked the leader of Britain's Labour Party to form a government after a landslide general election victory.
King Charles III has appointed the third prime minister of his reign, after Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Party secured a landslide victory in Britain's general election on July 4.The king called Starmer to Buckingham Palace at 12 p.m. London time, or 7 a.m. ET, on Friday to officially ask him to form a government in the monarch's name, which is the British equivalent of a swearing-in ceremony.
Earlier in the day, former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met with the king at the palace to mark the end of his leadership of the country. Sunak took office in October 2022 following the resignation of his predecessor, Liz Truss.Truss was the last of 15 prime ministers to serve during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, having been appointed during a meeting at Balmoral Castle two days before the 96-year-old monarch's death.
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