Rishi Sunak's first day as prime minister in pictures

Following Liz Truss leaving Downing Street connected Tuesday, Rishi Sunak became the caller UK premier curate aft gathering King Charles III astatine Buckingham Palace.

In the morning, members of Ms Truss's furniture arrived astatine Downing Street for a last gathering with her arsenic premier curate and a radical photo.

Meanwhile, King Charles arrived astatine Buckingham Palace up of his gathering with the outgoing premier curate and past different with Mr Sunak to invitation him to signifier a government.

The lectern was past placed extracurricular Downing Street and Ms Truss stepped extracurricular to code the federation for her last clip arsenic the shortest-serving British premier curate ever.

Her hubby and 2 daughters stood by her side.

She said it had been "a immense honour" to beryllium premier minister, particularly to pb the federation successful mourning the decease of Queen Elizabeth II and welcoming the accession of King Charles.

In her unapologetic farewell speech, she defended her lower-tax imaginativeness for the UK and urged her successor Mr Sunak to beryllium "bold" successful a bid to boost the economy.

Ms Truss past travelled to Buckingham Palace.

She was greeted by King Charles's equerry, Lt Col Johnny Thompson, earlier handing successful her resignation to the monarch.

Shortly after, the caller Conservative Party person besides arrived astatine the palace.

Mr Sunak met the King successful the 1844 country - often dubbed the astir important country successful the Palace.

The marble and gilt country is named aft the day of a sojourn from a Russian tsar.

After being invited to signifier a authorities by King Charles, Mr Sunak became the UK's 57th premier minister.

He is the 3rd premier curate this twelvemonth and volition participate Downing Street arsenic the youngest PM successful 2 centuries.

After authoritative photographs, the gathering was past private, mounting a signifier for the confidential play audiences that are held betwixt the monarch and premier minister.

Mr Sunak past returned to Downing Street and walked past No 10's cat, Larry.

Stepping up to the lectern, Mr Sunak addressed the nation.

He paid tribute to Ms Truss, saying she was not incorrect to privation to amended maturation successful this country, saying "it's a noble aim".

He says helium admired her restlessness to make alteration - but "some mistakes were made".

"Not calved of sick volition oregon atrocious intentions, rather the opposite. But mistakes nonetheless."

Mr Sunak said helium is determined to "fix the mistakes" made by his predecessor.

He added helium was acceptable to pb the state "into the aboriginal and enactment your needs supra politics", saying helium would physique a authorities that "represents the champion of my party".

After his abbreviated speech, Mr Sunak posed extracurricular the celebrated doorway and past entered 10 Downing Street.

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