New PM Liz Truss says she is 'very honoured' to have been nominated for the last time by the Queen

Liz Truss said she was "very honoured" to have been named the last Prime Minister and asked to form a government by the Queen before her death at Balmoral Castle two days later

Liz Truss meets the Queen at Balmoral when she was appointed Prime Minister (

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New Prime Minister Liz Truss said she was "very honoured" to be the last Prime Minister to be appointed by the Queen.

Ms Truss visited Balmoral Castle on September 6, where the monarch asked her to form a government and become his 15th PM.

Two days later, the Queen died, plunging the UK into 11 days of mourning, which culminated on Monday with the funeral of the late Her Majesty.

Hours after attending the funeral at Westminster Abbey, Ms Truss arrived at Stansted Airport for a flight to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, having traveled direct from the service burial site of the Queen at St George's Chapel, Windsor.

In the United States, she is due to hold a series of meetings with world leaders, including US President Joe Biden, French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

The Queen died just two days after meeting Liz Truss (

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Asked about the 11 days since the Queen's death, Ms Truss said her job as Prime Minister was to 'ensure we mark this very important moment in our national history'.

“It was a momentous time and a time of great grief and sadness in the UK and I think we saw a huge outpouring of love and affection for Her Majesty, as well as a huge amount of warmth towards King Charles III,” she says.

Ms Truss attended a series of events with the new monarch in British capitals as he traveled the nations following the death of his mother.

"I have traveled across the country -...