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Why Truss is off to Scotland to become UK leader

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss meets supporters as she arrived to attend a Conservative leadership election hustings at the NEC, Birmingham, England, Tuesday, August 23, 2022. [AP Photo]

Liz Truss, a onetime accountant who has served in Parliament for the past 12 years, is set to become Britain's prime minister today when Queen Elizabeth II formally asks her to form a government.

The ceremony, which will take place at a royal residence in Scotland, follows a bruising two-month contest to succeed Boris Johnson, who will formally offer his resignation to the queen shortly before Truss arrives to take up the mantle.

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