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The monarch will meet the new Conservative Party leader next week.

Sunak and Truss have no grasp of how low personal taxation is now – or how much a battered Britain needs public spending

If she becomes Tory leader she will have to weigh up whether voters are expecting a complete clear-out or more of the same

It is generally assumed that the best candidates for the job of prime minister are people who have considerable experience of top-level politics. Ideally, this experience would involve having served in the cabinet and in particular, having occupied one of the “great offices of state” – chancellor of the exchequer,…

With the Tory leadership contest well underway, the Queen will be soon welcoming in the 15th Prime Minister of her 70-year reign - and here we take a look at her bond with some of her former PMs

As ministers argued with the PM’s inner circle late into the night, fears grew in Whitehall of a ‘Trump moment’

Sir Winston Churchill, her first prime minister, is thought to be her favourite.

Throughout her reign the Queen has witnessed 18 General Elections and seen 14 different Prime Ministers occupy Downing Street.

Her first premier was Sir Winston Churchill and her most recent is Boris Johnson.

I’m not passionate about the royal family. When I’m at a dinner party and Harry and Meghan come up in conversation, I start to grind my teeth. My home is not plastered with Union flags or royal kitsch; I find such mawkishness frankly embarrassing. But I’m not a republican, either,…

Treating group after group of voters as expendable is a luxury the Conservatives may not be able to afford, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett