Charles succeeded his mother Queen Elizabeth when she died last September and at 74, he has become the oldest British monarch to have the 360-year-old St Edward’s Crown placed on his head at London’s Westminster Abbey.

Watched by about 100 heads of state and dignitaries including US first lady Jill Biden, Charles follows 40 predecessors in being crowned at the abbey – which has staged all the coronations since William the Conqueror back in 1066.

His second wife Camilla, 75, will also be crowned queen during the two-hour ceremony which, while rooted in history, will attempt to present a forward-looking monarchy and nation.

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Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha lead the federal government delegation to the residence and signed on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Queen Elizabeth II, United Kingdom’s longest-serving monarch, died on Thursday at Balmoral Castle, Aberdeen, Scotland, aged 96, after reigning for 70 years.

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Truss, who is currently the foreign minister and the favorite to win, beat former finance minister Rishi Sunak in a vote of Conservative Party members, winning by 81,326 votes to 60,399.

“I will deliver a bold plan to cut taxes and grow our economy,” Truss said after the result was announced.

“I will deliver on the energy crisis, dealing with people’s energy bills, but also dealing with the long-term issues we have on energy supply.”

Truss will succeed Boris Johnson, who was forced to announce his resignation in July after months of scandals saw support for his administration drain away and ministers quit to force him out.

Johnson will travel to Scotland to meet Queen Elizabeth on Tuesday to officially tender his resignation. Truss will follow him and be asked to form a government by the monarch.

Truss, 47, has promised to act quickly, saying within a week she will come up with a plan to tackle rising energy bills and secure future fuel supplies.

She signalled during her leadership campaign she would challenge convention by scrapping tax increases and cutting other levies in a move some economists say would further fuel inflation.

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In a statement in Downing Street marking his return to work, looking thinner and with his trademark blond hair a little longer, Johnson apologised for being away “for much longer than I would have liked”.

He thanked the British people for heeding a month of stay-at-home orders, which has helped stem the spread of COVID-19, although more than 20,000 people have already died from the virus.

Watch full video below.

WATCH LIVE: PM @BorisJohnson makes a statement outside 10 Downing Street https://t.co/rTLBCBzvDo

— UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) April 27, 2020

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