Tuesday will see Rishi Sunak sworn in as Britain’s third prime minister of the year, taking over for the humiliated Liz Truss after only seven weeks and inheriting a vast array of issues.
Sunak was elected as the next leader of the ruling Conservatives on Monday after Boris Johnson abruptly abandoned a comeback effort and rival candidate Penny Mordaunt was unable to garner enough support from Conservative MPs.
The first non-white and youngest prime leader of Britain in more than 200 years will be the 42-year-old Hindu.
King Charles III will select Sunak as his first prime minister since ascending to the throne in the morning audience, just two days after his late mother Queen Elizabeth II named Truss.
The ceremony on September 6 served as her record-breaking reign’s final significant public performance.
Around 10:15 am (09:15 GMT), Truss will convene his final cabinet meeting before giving a final speech in Downing Street. Sunak is scheduled to speak just over an hour later.
She departs office as the premier with the shortest tenure in history, after a disastrous budget that drastically reduced taxes caused chaos in the economy and politics.
Last Thursday, the 47-year-old made an official announcement of her resignation, admitting that she was unable to fulfill the “mandate” of Conservative members who had chosen her over Sunak in the summer.
Now that his political fortunes have taken a remarkable turn for the better, he promises to do the same for Britain as it deals with decades-high inflation, rising borrowing rates, and a looming recession.
Sunak promised “stability and unity” as well as uniting “our party and our country” in his Monday public address.
