Queen Elizabeth II will receive the new British prime minister on Tuesday at her Scottish residence in Balmoral, where she is currently staying, a first for the 96-year-old sovereign with ill health, her services said on Wednesday.
The monarch traditionally receives the new heads of government at Buckingham Palace in London, but due to her difficulties in moving around, the press questioned whether she would return to the capital for the announcement this Monday of the name of the person who will replace Boris Johnson in office. 10 Downing Street. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is seen as the overwhelming favorite to win the ruling Conservative Party’s primary election against former Finance Minister Rishi Sunak.
Johnson will attend to present his resignation
On Tuesday, Boris Johnson will first travel to Balmoral, where the Queen usually spends the end of the summer, to formally tender his resignation, followed by his replacement, a Buckingham Palace spokesman said.
The Queen has held a weekly audience with the Head of Government, conducted mostly by phone since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. Since then, she has mostly retreated to Windsor Castle, on the outskirts of west London, where her husband Philip died in April 2021 shortly before his 100th birthday.
Since a night in the hospital almost a year ago, the queen has become more and more awkward due to mobility problems and has delegated an increasing part of her functions to her son Carlos, who had spoken in particular in May in her place. the Speech from the Throne to Parliament for the first time. At the beginning of June, the British had celebrated for four days the 70 years of the reign of Elizabeth II, who is the longest-serving monarch in the world.
Source: BFM TV
