METRO :
Queen Elizabeth II welcomes newly elected leader of the Conservative party Boris Johnson during an audience in Buckingham Palace, London, where she invited him to become Prime Minister and form a new government. Boris Johnson revealed secret details of his private meeting with the Queen just minutes after entering Number 10.
The new prime minister was heard telling staff in Downing Street that Her Majesty told him: ‘I don’t know why anyone would want the job’.
Mr Johnson, 55, travelled to Buckingham Palace on Wednesday to accept his new position after outgoing PM Theresa May officially resigned.
But revealing private discussions with the Queen is said to be a major breach of royal protocol.
Mr Johnson was warned not to speak so loudly by his Downing Street staff after noisily making the revelation, Euronews reports.
As well as spilling all on his chat with the Queen, Mr Johnson quickly got to work with a major shake-up of the cabinet.
Some big names were booted out and others drafted in after the new Tory leader promised to ‘work flat out’ and said ‘that work begins now’.
(from left, seated at table) Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, International Trade Secretary Liz Truss, Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock, Cabinet Secretary Sir Mark Sedwill, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid, Works and Pensions Secretary and Minister for Women Amber Rudd, Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, Scottish Secretary Alister Jack and Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds his first Cabinet meeting at Downing Street in London. Arch-Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg, a thorn in Theresa May’s side, entered the Government as Leader of the Commons.
The most high profile casualty of Mr Johnson’s cull was his defeated leadership rival Jeremy Hunt, after he refused to accept a demotion from the Foreign Office.
Others to be sacked included Penny Mordaunt and Liam Fox, both prominent backers of Mr Hunt, who lost their jobs despite their record as committed Brexiteers.
In contrast, Dominic Raab, who quit the Cabinet over Mrs May’s Brexit deal, returned as Foreign Secretary and First Secretary of State, making him Mr Johnson’s de facto deputy.
During his first speech as prime minister outside Number 10 yesterday, Mr Johnson promised to ‘restore trust in democracy’.
He also paid tribute to Mrs May’s ‘fortitude’ and gave a message to the ‘doomsters’ who doubt the UK’s future outside of the European Union.
