The ex-prime minister, who lasted only 49 days, reveals her difficulties in coping with the death of the monarch and the economic crisis she caused. She failed to pace herself after the queen's passing, leaving her uncertain if she could handle the role. Despite being replaced, she remains an MP and has shifted her focus to the hard right of British politics and the US.
Ex-prime minister, who lasted just 49 days, says she struggled to cope with death of monarch and self-inflicted economic disaster to confirm Truss as Britain’s new prime minister, the 15th and as it turned out last, to serve under Elizabeth II.“Pace yourself,” the 96-year-old queen said – a suggestion Truss admits she failed to heed after the queen died, leaving Truss unsure if she could cope.Replaced in Downing Street by Rishi Sunak , Truss still sits as an MP for South West Norfolk.
“We spent around 20 minutes discussing politics,” Truss writes. “She was completely attuned to everything that was happening, as well as being typically sharp and witty. Towards the end of our discussion, she warned me that being prime minister is incredibly aging. She also gave me two words of advice: ‘Pace yourself.’ Maybe I should have listened.”
But when the queen died so soon after Truss had become her 15th and final prime minister, Truss writes, the news, though widely expected after the monarch’s health had deteriorated, still came “as a profound shock” to Truss, seeming “utterly unreal” and leaving her thinking: “Why me? Why now?” Truss describes carrying out duties including giving a Downing Street speech about the queen’s death and having a first audience with King Charles III. A subsequent Buckingham Palace meeting between the king and his prime minister was widely noted for its stilted nature – Charles being heard to mutter:But Truss says their first official meeting made her feel “a bizarre sense of camaraderie between us, with both starting out in our new roles and having to navigate unfamiliar territory”.
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