Liz Truss became U.K. prime minister on Tuesday. Truss — Britain’s third female prime minister — named a top team diverse in gender and ethnicity, but loyal to her and her free-market politics.
“We shouldn’t be daunted by the challenges we face,” she said in her first speech outside her Downing Street office. “As strong as the storm may be, I know the British people are stronger.”
Truss, 47, took office Tuesday afternoon at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, when Queen Elizabeth formally asked her to form a new government in a carefully choreographed ceremony dictated by centuries of tradition. Johnson, who announced his intention to step down two months ago, formally resigned during his own audience with the Queen a short time earlier.
