“The queen is dead, long live king”: British Prime Minister Liz Truss pays homage to Queen Elizabeth

Video a few hours after the announcement of the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Thursday, September 8, the British Prime Minister, Liz Truss, delivered a speech to pay tribute to the monarch. She praised her “devotion” and called on the British to “unite as a people”.

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British Prime Minister Liz Truss spoke in front of Downing Street, Thursday, September 8, a few hours after the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The government’s chef, named two days earlier, paid tribute to the monarch who reigned the longest on the United Kingdom.

Liz Truss praised the “devotion” of the Queen, who “touched the lives of millions of people” worldwide. “We must unite as a people to support” the new monarch: King Charles III, who succeeds his mother on the throne. Liz Truss concluded his speech by calling his country to inaugurate “a new era in the magnificent history of our great country, exactly as His Majesty would have liked: by pronouncing the words” God Save the King “.

/Media reports.