Liz Truss, the shortest-serving prime minister in British history, shares her reaction to the Queen's death and frustrations with life on Downing Street in her upcoming autobiography.
has revealed the first details from her new book about her brief time as prime minister – which includes her reaction to the Queen’s death and some of her frustrations with life on Downing Street .
She writes: “On Thursday, we received the solemn news that the Queen had died peacefully at Balmoral. To be told this on only my second full day as prime minister felt utterly unreal. In a state of shock, I found myself thinking: ‘Why me? Why now?’” Truss also ruminated on some of the practical difficulties of living on Britain’s most famous street.
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