Johnson out, Truss in. Now they'll both visit the queen.
Liz Truss outside her new home. Photo: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing via Getty Images
Liz Truss was announced Monday as the winner of the Conservative Party leadership election and thus the U.K.'s next prime minister, defeating former chancellor Rishi Sunak by a 57% to 43% margin.In her current role as foreign secretary, Truss has made headlines for her hawkish approach to relations with the EU and the war in Ukraine. She's also vowed to slash taxes, despite the rocky state of the U.K.'s finances. She will be the third woman to serve as prime minister.
Those visits usually take place at Buckingham Palace, but the 96-year-old monarch has requested that the 14th and 15th prime ministers of her tenure make the trip to Balmoral Castle.over a string of scandals, including parties held in Downing Street in violation of pandemic lockdown rules. Unlike Sunak, Truss never truly distanced herself from Johnson. She will now inherit the massive parliamentary majority to which Johnson led the Conservatives in the Dec. 2019 general election.
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