Truss's Balmoral Handshake: A Monarchy's End, A PM's Beginning

0:00On April 21st, today March will would have been Queen Elizabeth II's 100th birthday, born April 21st, 1926. Former Prime Minister Liz Truss honored her with a social media post featuring their iconic handshake photo from September 6th, 2000. 22. That was the day the Queen appointed Truss as her 15th and final Prime Minister at Balmoral Castle. Their meeting broke tradition, skipping Buckingham Palace because of the Queen's mobility issues. It turned out to be her last puberty and the final official photo taken of her before she passed two days later. Truss led the country through the initial morning and the shift to King Charles III. Truss called the Queen mentally sharp enough beat during their chat, even saying they'd meet again soon, despite her frail look. She described her as the rock of modern Britain, but Truss' own stint in office lasted just 49 days, the shortest ever. Earlier in life, Truss flipped her views hard. As a 19-year-old Oxford student, she spoke at a 1994 Liberal Democrat conference pushing to scrap the monarchy, saying no one is.

1:06Born to rule, she switched to conservatives in 1996 and now calls those days a youthful mistake. That Balmoral moment stays etched in history, a hand over blending duty, change, and quiet strength as one era handed off to the next. That's her entertainment and celebrity news today update, AI-powered and always trending.