The British Prime Minister, Liz Truss, “devastated” after the death of Elizabeth II: “It was the rock of our country”

After the statement from Charles of Englandwho today ascends the British throne as the new King following the death of his mother, Isabel IIat the age of 96, this Thursday, the new British Prime Minister, Liz Trussaddressed the nation and the entire world with an emotional message.

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“We are devastated. The death of Queen Elizabeth II has shocked the world. Queen Elizabeth II was the rock on which modern Britain was built. Our country has grown and flourished under her reign. Britain is the great country that is today thanks to her,” said the Conservative politician from Downing Street.

“Today the crown passes, as it has for over a thousand years, to our new monarch, our new head of state, His Majesty King Charles. With the passing of the second Elizabethan era, we usher in a new era… exactly as his majesty would have wished. Saying the words: God save the king,” he concluded.

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Precisely the last public appearance of the queen took place this Tuesday, September 6 at Balmoral. She there she received the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. That image of the sovereign, stoic with her cane, is already part of the history of the United Kingdom and the world.