Boris Johnson leads former Prime Ministers' tributes to Queen Elizabeth

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Boris Johnson has led tributes from the UK's former Prime Ministers following the death of Queen Elizabeth on Thursday (08. 09.

22). The ex Conservative leader met with the Queen at her Balmoral estate in Scotland on Tuesday (06. 09. 22) to hand in his resignation just days before her death on Thursday (08.

09. 22) aged 96 - and he released a poignant statement marking the country's "saddest day" in the aftermath of her passing. Johnson wrote: "This is our country's saddest day.

In the hearts of every one of us there is an ache at the passing of our Queen, a deep and personal sense of loss - far more intense, perhaps, than we expected. "In these first grim moments since the news, I know that millions and millions of people have been pausing whatever they have been doing, to think about Queen Elizabeth, about the bright and shining light that has finally gone out. "She seemed so timeless and so wonderful that I am afraid we had come to believe, like children, that she would just go on and on. " Johnson went on: "Wave after wave of grief is rolling across the world, from Balmoral - where our thoughts are with all the Royal Family - and breaking far beyond this country and throughout that great Commonwealth of nations that she so cherished and which cherished her in return. "As is so natural with human beings, it is only when we face the reality of our loss that we truly understand what has gone.