Britain’s
head
of
state
King
Charles
III
officially
appointed
Labour
leader
Keir
Starmer
as
prime
minister
on
Friday
during
an
audience
at
Buckingham
Palace.
A
photograph
released
by
the
palace
showed
the
monarch
shaking
hands
with
Starmer,
whose
party
won
a
landslide
election
victory.
The
king
earlier
accepted
the
resignation
of
Conservative
leader
Rishi
Sunak.
“The
King
received
in
Audience
The
Right
Honourable
Sir
Keir
Starmer
MP
today
and
requested
him
to
form
a
new
Administration,”
a
palace
statement
read.
“Sir
Keir
accepted
His
Majesty’s
offer
and
kissed
hands
upon
his
appointment
as
Prime
Minister
and
First
Lord
of
the
Treasury.”
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