She said: “Queen Elizabeth II was the rock on which modern Britain was built. Our country has grown and flourished under her reign. Britain is the great country it is today because of her.” Ms Truss added: “It’s an extraordinary achievement to have presided with such dignity and grace for 70 years,” noting that the monarch had “touched the lives of millions around the world”.
The prime minister concluded her address by saying “God save the King” confirming that the new monarch will be known as King Charles III. “We offer him our loyalty and devotion,” she said. “And with the passing of the second Elizabethan age, we usher in a new era in the magnificent history of our great country, exactly as Her Majesty would have wished, by saying the words, “God save the King’””
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