Penny Mordaunt: Last News

King Charles III as the new monarch.A ceremony was held at St James Palace today (September 10, 2022), to formally confirm King Charles III's succession from his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, who died on September 8, at the age of 96.The service was overseen by the Accession Council, issuing eight orders which are traditionally ensured before King Charles made his declaration.READ NEXT: King Charles teary-eyed in first public speech with emotional tribute to QueenAfter being appointed Commons Leader and Lord President of the Privy Council by Prime Minister Liz Truss earlier this week, politician Penny also led the proclamation ceremony.However, members of the public took to social media following the ceremony, to comment that the politician was also the first reality TV star to proclaim a new monarch too, following her appearance on ITV programme The Splash.Penny appeared on the programme in 2014, which saw her and fellow celebrities train to complete professional dives, with the competition presented by Vernon Kaye and Gabby Logan.Remembering her appearance on The Splash, one Twitter user said: "Penny Mordaunt is the first contestant from ITV’s SPLASH! to proclaim a new monarch. Another win for ITV’s SPLASH! this week.""BREAKING: Penny Mordaunt becomes the first Splash! contestant to preside over the accession of a monarch," commented a second.A third added: "Absolutely peak UK that a contestant on Splash is now in charge officiating our new King."Speaking about the ceremony, a fourth said: "That was quite something to watch.

King Charles III will be formally proclaimed monarch during an Accession Council ceremony televised for the first time. Charles, 73, automatically became King on the death of his mother, but the Accession Council, attended by Privy Councillors, will confirm his role on Saturday morning.The new monarch will not attend the ceremony, held at the State Apartments of St James’s Palace, only joining after he has been proclaimed monarch, at 10am, to hold his first Privy Council meeting.The proclamation confirming Charles as King was signed by members of the Privy Council including the new Prince of Wales, the Queen, Lord President of the Council Penny Mordaunt, Prime Minister Liz Truss and the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.The historic event comes after Charles gave a landmark address to the nation on Friday and paid a poignant and moving tribute to his “darling Mama” the Queen who died on Thursday afternoon at Balmoral.

King Charles III has confirmed that the day of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral will be a bank holiday as he was proclaimed King in a historic event. The new monarch, 73, has approved an order that the day of the late Queen's funeral will be a bank holiday in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. King Charles announced the news on 10 September during an Accession Council ceremony.

King Charles will be proclaimed sovereign in a historic ceremony today (September 10) following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Charles will be formally proclaimed the new King in a traditional, historic ceremony on Saturday. The monarch, 73, automatically became King upon the death of his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, at the age of 96 on Thursday.

Covid, discussed his health amid the ongoing battle for our next Prime Minister.The TV presenter, 67, was not afraid to share some scathing remarks about Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, who are the two candidates left in the running to become the next prime minister.O’Grady insinuated that, while his Covid symptoms were a pain, they were not as bad as his experience watching the latest debate between Truss and Sunak.Sharing a picture of the two politicians with his 696,000 Instagram followers, Paul didn't hold back.“I’m still a bit done in from this bloody Covid although I’m no longer contagious and haven’t been for a few days,” he began.The star then went on to add he was tuning into the Tory leadership debate like many others across the county.“I’m watching these two planks trying to persuade us why they’d make a wonderful Prime Minister,” he wrote“Truss is banging on about Turbo Charged Toffee, am I hallucinating or what?“Whilst the other one is insistent that we know he once had a Saturday job in a chemist.“To hear him you’d think he’d been forced to work down the mines since he was a child.“What a carry on, I’d laugh if it didn’t send me off coughing so I’m making do with a scornfully curled lip.“Once again, thanks for all your kind messages when I was away from home and feeling like I’d been dug up and belted with the shovel," the star ended his post.After a series of knock-out rounds, only Truss and Sunak remain in the running to be Prime Minister.The final five also included hopefuls like Penny Mordaunt, Kemi Badenoch and Tom Tugendhat.Plenty of other famous figures have given their opinion on the leadership race, including Jeremy Clarkson.“How can we have ended up having to choose a leader from a shortlist made up

Liz Truss has criticised Rishi Sunak’s record on taxation and the former chancellor claimed he was the only one who could beat Labour as the leadership contest enters its final stage.

Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss have made it to the final two in the race to replace Boris Johnson and become the next UK Prime Minister.

The next Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader will be announced on September 5. The new leader will be revealed as MPs return to parliament following the summer recess.

Tory hopeful Liz Truss is facing the fight of her political career over the next 24 hours after closing the gap on Penny Mordaunt in the race to be the next Prime Minister.

The BBC will host a Conservative Party Leader debate on Monday with the remaining two candidates to replace Boris Johnson, as the final four commit to taking part in the wake of tonight’s Sky News cancelation. A second one-on-one interview will be conducted by Nick Robinson with each of the candidates individually.

Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt have maintained their places at the front of the Tory leadership race after Tom Tugendhat was eliminated in the third round of voting on Monday night.

@KemiBadenoch comes through #BackingBadenoch #Kemi4PM #KemiForPM.” @Randomc**p93 commented: “Def something off putting about those who seem a bit too eager for power.” @Dnorm223 said: “Well in Hillary's defense she managed to have 2 Presidents impeached over humiliation issues. “Is that what you meant?” It comes as Truss presented her hypothetical policies and focuses should she become Prime Minister in last night’s televised debate on Channel 4. The televised debates began on Friday 15th July between candidates Rishi Sunak, Tom Tugendhat, Kemi Badenoch, Liz Truss and Penny Mordaunt. Following the first leadership debate, Express.co.uk ran a poll from 9pm on Friday, July 15, to 8am on Saturday, July 16, asking: “Who won the first Tory leadership debate?”Overall, 1,934 people responded and Tugendhat came out on top with 31 percent (590 people) of the vote.Former Chancellor Sunak came second with 20 percent (379 people) and was closely followed by Mordaunt with 19 percent (363 people).In addition, Badenoch received 14 percent (276 people) and Truss 13 percent (257 people).A further four percent (69 people) said they did not know who the winner was. The most recent debate took place yesterday in an hour-long head-to-head debate. It saw the candidates take on a more cutthroat approach as they engaged in personal slights against one another.

Sky News has cancelled its planned Tory leadership debate after Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss declined to take part.

The third Conservative TV debate has been cancelled after two frontrunners, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, pulled out.

Naman Ramachandran As the race to choose his successor heats up, broadcaster Channel 4 has revealed plans for a documentary series on outgoing U.K. prime minister Boris Johnson.

Jeremy Clarkson has criticised candidates in the running for the next Tory leadership election.The Clarkson’s Farm star branded them all “perma-smiley weirdos” and doesn’t think any of them have what it takes to be Prime Minister. Jeremy, 62, complained about the selection of candidates for Britain’s next PM in his latest column today. The Clarkson’s Farm presenter wrote: “I cannot remember a leadership contest that was so shoulder-saggingly boring. “I don't know who any of the candidates are or what any of them think.

Five Conservative leadership hopefuls are set to face each other in the second live television debate on Sunday night ahead of another round of voting on Monday.

Tom Tugendhat earned a round of applause from the studio audience by being the only candidate in Channel 4's Tory leadership debate to say Boris Johnson is not honest.

Just five Tory MPs remain in the race to become the UK's next Prime Minister. Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt have maintained their places at the front of the Tory leadership race as Suella Braverman became the latest candidate to be eliminated.

Read more: DWP £326 payment being made into thousands of bank accounts direct today Back in 2014, the MP for Portsmouth North was one of the celebrity contestants in the show Splash! which saw well-know faces try to perform high-skilled dives in front of a panel of judges featuring 2004 Olympic silver medallist Leon Taylor, coach Tony Banks and stand-up comic Jo Brand. Mentoring the celebs was none other than Team GB hero Tom Daley. Penny, who in 2011 was voted as Westminster's "sexiest MP", featured in heat three of the show's second series alongside comedian Patrick Monahan, singer Paul Young, model Danielle Lloyd and The Only Way Is Essex star Dan Osborne.