Liz Truss leaves Queen Elizabeth II's remote Balmoral retreat in the Scottish Highlands by car after the 96-year-old monarch formally appointed her as the United Kingdom's Prime Minister. Truss, 47, becomes the 15th Prime Minister of the Queen's 70-year reign announced winner of an internal vote of Conservative party members on Monday, after a gruelling contest that began in July.

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