Liz Truss praised after breaking royal protocol when meeting King Charles

New Prime Minister Liz Truss has been praised after breaking protocol during her first audience with the new King at Buckingham Palace

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King Charles III holds his first audience with Prime Minister Liz Truss

Liz Truss tore up the royal rules when she first met King Charles after returning from Balmoral. During his first audience with the King on Friday, the new Prime Minister was spotted gripping the monarch's left arm tightly as they spoke.

When they met, she expressed her "very, very sincere condolences" and the king said that his mother's death had been "the moment I dreaded". Now, royal biographer and historian Hugo Vickers has said that even though the Prime Minister had broken protocol by touching his arm, he expected the King "wouldn't care in the least". p>

Liz Truss could be seen touching the new king's arm - an apparent breach of protocol, technically (

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The monarch told the new Prime Minister that he had "apprehended" that day (

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