Britain's head of state King Charles III officially appointed Labour leader Keir Starmer as prime minister on Friday at Buckingham Palace.
Britain’s King Charles III welcomes Britain’s incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer during an audience at Buckingham Palace in London on July 5. Photo: Yui Mok / POOL / AFP.A photograph released by the palace showed the monarch shaking hands with Starmer, whose party won a landslide election victory.“The King received in audience The Right Honourable Sir Keir Starmer MP today and requested him to form a new Administration,” a palace statement read.
“Sir Keir accepted His Majesty’s offer and kissed hands upon his appointment as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury.” Keir Starmer became Britain’s new prime minister as his centre-left opposition Labour party swept to a landslide general election victory. It ends 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule.
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