New Prime Minister of UK: Conservative Party leader Liz Truss has been elected as the new Prime Minister of United Kingdom after defeating Rishi Sunak.

Key Points:

• She is the third ever female prime minister oh the 56th Prime Minister of Britain.
• The previous two lady PMs were Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May who were also from the Conservative Party.
• Truss succeeds ousted Boris Johnson and will take over as the 3rd female PM of the UK.
• The victory for 47-year-old Liz Truss came after a tough race to the PM’s seat amid a leadership crisis in the Conservative Party.
• The symbolic ceremony for the new Prime Minister Liz Truss took place at the Queen's remote Balmoral retreat in the Scottish Highlands, as the queen, 96, was deemed unfit to return to London due to ill health.
• Buckingham Palace had said in a statement that the queen received in audience the right honourable Elizabeth Truss MP today and requested her to form a new administration.
• The last time the handover of power took place at Balmoral was in 1885, when queen Victoria was on the throne.
• The Queen is normally greeted by the outgoing and incoming Prime Ministers at Buckingham Palace in the heart of London.
• It has only been held once outside London since 1952, when Winston Churchill met the new queen at Heathrow Airport after the death of her father, king George VI.

About Liz Truss:

• Liz Truss whose full name is Mary Elizabeth Truss was born on 26 July 1975 in Oxford, England.
• She attended Oxford University, where she studied philosophy, economics and was active in student politics.
• Truss is the MP from South West Norfolk and has held the seat since 2010.
• She has served in various Cabinet positions under Prime Ministers David Cameron, Theresa May and Boris Johnson
• Liz Truss, under Theresa May, served as justice secretary before becoming the chief secretary to the Treasury.

About United Kingdom:

• The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK or U.K.) or Britain, is a sovereign country located off the north western coast of the European mainland.
• The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands.
• It consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
• It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, The North Sea, and the Irish Sea.
• The United Kingdom is a unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy.
• The monarch current Monarch is Charles III.
• The capital of the United Kingdom is London.

• The currency used here is Pound sterling.