The Latest Breaking News from Queen Elizabeth II

The monarch has been inviting prime ministers to form a government for 70 years. She must be thinking, ‘how did it come to this?’ writes Zoe Williams

Truss used her victory speech to indicate she would not be triggering an early general election

New prime minister Liz Truss will be asked to 'kiss the hands' of the Queen as a traditional sign of loyalty to the monarch. There are differing accounts about whether there is still a physical kiss exchanged

New Conservative leader uses victory speech at the Queen Elizabeth Centre to heap praise on outgoing prime minister Boris Johnson for delivering Brexit

Liz Truss will assume the role of UK prime minister in a tough economic environment, with inflation at a 40-year high.

Liz Truss has been named the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and will fly to Balmoral to meet the Queen. Between Cabinet reshuffles, PMQs and energy bills help we look at what the coming days have in store

She is only the third woman in history to become British prime minister, following in the footsteps of her Conservative predecessors Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May. Who is 47-year-old Liz Truss and how did she manage to overtake her rival Rishi Sunak in the race to succeed Boris Johnson? FRANCE…

The monarch will carry out the key duty at her private Scottish retreat, rather than at Buckingham Palace, for the first time in her reign.

The United Kingdom’s next prime minister will be Liz Truss. After a two-month contest, Conservative Party members have chosen her as their new leader. All that remains is for Truss to travel to Balmoral in Scotland where she will be formally invited by the Queen to form a government.