Queen meets UK PM at Balmoral, not Buckingham Palace
Liz Truss is the 15th PM to be sworn in by Queen Elizabeth II as Monarch of England
London: Conservative party leader Liz Truss arrived at Balmoral to meet the Queen and officially become prime minister on Tuesday.
This will be the first time in her reign that Queen Elizabeth II has held an audience with a new prime minister at Balmoral rather than Buckingham Palace, the BBC reported.
The change was prompted by concerns about the mobility of the 96-year-old monarch.
But it’s clear that despite her health worries, the Queen was determined to still carry out what is one of her most significant constitutional duties, the BBC report added.
The shift from Buckingham Palace has happened for previous monarchs for other reasons. Herbert Asquith had to go to Biarritz in France in 1908 because the pleasure-loving Edward VII was there on holiday.
The Balmoral setting for meeting Liz Truss is also less grandiose than the gilt and decoration of the palace, the BBC said.
Her audience is being held in the more homely Balmoral drawing room, with furniture in warm greens like those of the surrounding Scottish countryside.
The Queen and her new PM met in front of a painting of another monarch, Queen Victoria, and her faithful retainer, John Brown.
Victoria was the queen the last time a PM was appointed at Balmoral, when Lord Salisbury took over in 1885. (UNI)