Queen Elizabeth is not in a position to face a trip to London and for this reason she will receive the new premier at Balmoral . Buckingham Palace confirms this.
The sovereign will preside at the castle in the heart of Scotland the handover scheduled for next week between outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his successor as the new Tory leader in Downing Street, the fifteenth head of the British government.
This is the first such renunciation in seven decades for the daughter of George VI, born in 1926, who has recently reached the record milestone of the Platinum Jubilee. Yet another stop established by the court doctors so as not to scramble the 96-year-old sovereign and not tire her due to walking problems .
The calendar includes a first stage on September 5 , when the result of the ballot for the post-BoJo will be known between the Foreign Minister, Liz Truss, now the winner announced according to all forecasts, and the former Chancellor of the Exchequer of family origins Rishi Sunak Indians. On Tuesday 6, Johnson's actual resignation will start in the hands of the sovereign, with his "recommendation" on the successor and the summoning of the heir for the assignment of the post. Ceremonial that has taken place at Buckingham Palace without exception since the time of Queen Victoria.
The Queen recently had to desert other important institutional appointments . Including some events of the public celebrations of the Jubilee or even the inauguration of the parliamentary year 2022/23 in Westminster (with the so-called Queen's Speech entrusted to the unprecedented reading of the eternal heir to the 73-year-old throne Charles).
(Unioneonline / D)
