The Sun :
EMOTIONAL Theresa May today choked up as she made her final speech as Prime Minister and headed to Buckingham Palace to resign.
The PM made a farewell statement in Downing Street, with loving husband Philip at her side – and slipped in a joke when interrupted by a protester shouting “Stop Brexit”, commenting: “I think not.”
She was then driven to the Palace where she formally told the Queen she was resigning as the Prime Minister.
Her leaving speech came an hour after she clashed with Mr Corbyn for the last time in fierce scenes which showed there was no love lost between the pair.
Mrs May’s last session of Prime Minister’s Questions was met with a standing ovation from MPs in a breach of Parliament’s rules.
Labour and the SNP refused to join the clapping and remained seated as she walked out of the chamber, visibly overcome with emotion.
An hour later, Mrs May walked out of 10 Downing Street with Philip and said: “I am about to go to Buckingham Palace to tender my resignation to Her Majesty the Queen and to advise her to ask Boris Johnson to form a new administration.
“I repeat my warm congratulations to Boris on winning the Conservative leadership election. I wish him and the Government he will lead every good fortune in the months and years ahead.
“Their successes will be our country’s successes, and I hope that they will be many.”
She repeated her call for the new PM to negotiate a Brexit deal in a possible warning to Mr Johnson that she’d join the bid to block No Deal if necessary.
Mrs May said: “Much remains to be done – the immediate priority being to complete our exit from the European Union in a way that works for the whole United Kingdom.”
She concluded with a tribute to Philip, describing him as “my greatest supporter and my closest companion”.
At that point a protester could be heard shouting “Stop Brexit” – prompting Mr May to quip “That wasn’t me” while the outgoing PM said: “I think not.”
She concluded: “This is a country of aspiration and opportunity and I hope that every young girl who has seen a woman Prime Minister now knows for sure that there are no limits to what they can achieve.”
The couple then travelled to the Palace for their last audience with Her Majesty.
They were greeted by Edward Young, the Queen’s private secretary, and Major Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah, Her Majesty’s equerry, who shook hands with the Mays.
They entered via the King’s Door of the Palace, where lady-in-waiting Lady Susan Hussey led them inside.
A spokesman for Buckingham Palace said afterwards: “The Right Honourable Theresa May MP had an Audience of The Queen this afternoon and tendered her resignation as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, which Her Majesty was graciously pleased to accept.”
