King Charles III of Great Britain met with Prime Minister of Truss
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King Charles III of Great Britain held the first meeting with Prime Minister Liz Truss in the new status, informs newspaper The Guardian. The day before, they had already had a telephone conversation, today they met at Buckingham Palace.
After meeting with Truss, who has been in office for only four days, Charles is expected to deliver a televised address to the nation. The prime minister will also hold telephone conversations with leaders who want to express sympathy for the British people.
Queen Elizabeth II died yesterday at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, Buckingham Palace reported. The flag is flown at half mast over the palace. The UK has declared national mourning. After the Queen’s death, her 73-year-old son Charles, who took the name Charles III, took the throne.
On September 8, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed condolences to King Charles III of Great Britain on the death of the Queen. He noted the love and respect that the subjects showed towards Elizabeth II, also stressed that the queen was respected in the international arena. The Russian leader will not go to the Queen’s funeral, his press secretary Dmitry Peskov said today.
Charles III was previously expected to be proclaimed King of the United Kingdom today. However, the ceremony was postponed to September 10.
96-year-old Elizabeth II of the Windsor dynasty ascended the British throne 70 years ago, in 1952, when Winston Churchill was the country’s prime minister. She became the longest-reigning monarch in the country’s history. The Queen’s husband, Duke Philip of Edinburgh, died in 2021 at the age of 99. Elizabeth II herself in February 2022 had COVID-19, which, as the Daily Mail reported, she endured quite easily.
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