Queen won't meet new Prime Minister at Buckingham Palace in historic first
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe Queen won't meet the new Prime Minister in Buckingham Palace next week in a historic first. Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak will be elected as Prime Minister after a vote from Conservatives members next Monday, September 5.
They will be replacing Boris Johnson, who announced he would be resigning earlier this year. The 96-year-old monarch, who has faced ongoing mobility issues, traditionally holds audiences with outgoing and incoming premiers at Buckingham Palace.
But next week, she will receive outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his replacement at her home in Balmoral, Scotland.
Mr Johnson and the new Conservative Party leader, who will be asked to form a government, will travel to Balmoral for the key audiences on Tuesday September 6 instead.
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