Highlights from the brief term of British Prime Minister Liz Truss
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British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss meets supporters as she arrives to attend a Conservative leadership election hustings at the NEC, Birmingham, England, Tuesday, Aug. 23, before becoming Britain's new Prime Minister in Sept. On Thursday, Oct. 20, Truss quit after losing support of Conservative lawmakers following weeks of turmoil over botched economic plan.JANE BARLOW/POOL PHOTO VIA AP
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, left, welcomes Liz Truss during an audience at Balmoral, Scotland, where she invited the newly elected leader of the Conservative party to become Prime Minister and form a new government, Tuesday, Sept. 6. On Thursday, Oct. 20, Truss quit after losing support of Conservative lawmakers following weeks of turmoil over botched economic plan.YUI MOK/PA VIA AP
Britain's King Charles III during his first audience with Prime Minister Liz Truss at Buckingham Palace, London, Friday, Sept. 9, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday. On Thursday, Oct. 20, Truss quit after losing support of Conservative lawmakers following weeks of turmoil over botched economic plan.STEFAN ROUSSEAU/POOL PHOTO VIA AP
British Prime Minister Liz Truss, right, holds a bilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron during her visit to the US to attend the 77th United Nations General Assembly in New York, Tuesday Sept. 20. On Thursday, Oct. 20, Truss quit after losing support of Conservative lawmakers following weeks of turmoil over botched economic plan.ASSOCIATED PRESS
President Joe Biden meets with British Prime Minister Liz Truss during the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at the U.N. headquarters. On Thursday, Oct. 20, Truss quit after losing support of Conservative lawmakers following weeks of turmoil over botched economic plan.STEFAN ROUSSEAU/POOL PHOTO VIA AP
Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss, centre right, and Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng, react during a visit to a construction site for a medical innovation campus, on day three of the Conservative Party annual conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham, England, Tuesday, Oct. 4. On Thursday, Oct. 20, Truss quit after losing support of Conservative lawmakers following weeks of turmoil over botched economic plan.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss smiles before making a speech at the Conservative Party conference at the ICC in Birmingham, England, Wednesday, Oct. 5. On Thursday, Oct. 20, Truss quit after losing support of Conservative lawmakers following weeks of turmoil over botched economic plan.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session in parliament in London, Wednesday, Oct. 19.HOUSE OF COMMONS/PA VIA AP
In this grab taken from video from the House of Commons, Prime Minister Liz Truss speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons in London, Wednesday Oct. 19.JESSICA TAYLOR/UK PARLIAMENT VIA AP
In this handout photo provided by UK Parliament, Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons in London, Wednesday, Oct. 19.JESSICA TAYLOR/UK PARLIAMENT VIA AP
In this handout photo provided by UK Parliament, Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons in London, Wednesday, Oct. 19.JESSICA TAYLOR/UK PARLIAMENT VIA AP
In this handout photo provided by UK Parliament, Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss, second from right, reacts during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons in London, Wednesday, Oct. 19.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss addresses the media in Downing Street in London, Thursday, Oct. 20. Truss says she resigns as leader of UK Conservative Party.ASSOCIATED PRESS
New British Prime Minister Liz Truss makes an address outside Downing Street in London Tuesday, Sept. 6, after returning from Balmoral in Scotland where she was formally appointed by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. On Thursday, Oct. 20, Truss quit after losing support of Conservative lawmakers following weeks of turmoil over botched economic plan.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session in parliament in London, Wednesday, Oct. 19.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session in parliament in London, Wednesday, Oct. 19.STEFAN ROUSSEAU/PA VIA AP
Liz Truss walks back into 10 Downing Street after making a statement where she announced her resignation as Prime Minister, in London, Thursday Oct. 20. Truss resigned Thursday, bowing to the inevitable after a tumultuous, short-lived term in which her policies triggered turmoil in financial markets and a rebellion in her party that obliterated her authority.