Addressing the media outside of 10 Downing Street in London, U.K. on Thursday, new Prime Minister Liz Truss remembered Queen Elizabeth II’s legacy to the country following news of the 96-year-old monarch’s death. “Queen Elizabeth II was the rock on which modern Britain was built. Our country has grown and flourished under her reign. Britain is the great country it is because of her,” said Truss.
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