- Liz Truss In her own words, the dramatic story of how she was forced out of Downing Street begins exclusively in Saturday’s Mail.
- Queen Elizabeth II advised Liz Truss to ‘calm down’ before she dies
The late Queen advised Liz Truss to “pace yourself”, the former Prime Minister has revealed.
Ms Truss met the monarch at Balmoral just two days before her death in September 2022.
In her upcoming memoir, the former Prime Minister admits that she did not listen to the Queen’s wise advice during a 20-minute discussion between the two men.
Ms Truss’s 49 days in office were marked by economic turmoil – including reforms that sent sterling tumbling – before her ouster from Downing Street.
She writes of the late Queen in the book Ten Years To Save The West, which will be published exclusively in Saturday’s Mail: “She was completely in tune with everything that was happening, as well as being characteristically vivacious and full of spirit.
Liz Truss meets Queen Elizabeth II at Balmoral Castle two days before the monarch’s death
“Ten years to save the West”: the new book by former Prime Minister Liz Truss
“Towards the end of our discussion, she warned me that being prime minister was incredibly aging. She also gave me two pieces of advice: “Be safe. » Maybe I should have listened.
Summoned to Scotland due to the Queen’s poor health, Ms Truss described her as “fragile” but “alert”, “absolutely in the know” of things and seemed determined to meet again.
Liz Truss: A political memory like no other
In her own words, the dramatic story of how she was kicked out of Downing Street.
Begins exclusively in Saturday’s Daily Mail.
Liz Truss delivers a speech on her last day as Prime Minister, outside Number 10, October 25, 2022
Upon news of the Queen’s death – which came just days after Ms Truss moved into Number 10 – the former Prime Minister remembers thinking: “Why me?” Why now?’
The state ceremony and protocol that followed left her “far from my natural comfort zone,” she wrote. Ms Truss said she broke down “in tears on the sofa”. She added: “Once again, grief was mixed with a sense of dread at the weight of the event and the fact that it was happening on my watch.”
Ms Truss admitted that previous prime ministers might have been better suited to events by providing “the soaring rhetoric and performative statesmanship needed”.
She said that, despite massive political pressure, her first meeting with King Charles had sparked “a strange sense of camaraderie between us, both of us starting out in our new roles and having to navigate unchartered territory”. At the time, Conservative MPs had already begun taking steps to remove Ms Truss from office. As she curtseyed to Charles, he said, “So you’re back?”
Mrs. Truss replied: “It is a great pleasure,” but the king added: “Dear, oh my God. Anyway…’
In an interview about her book last year with The Mail on Sunday, Ms Truss revealed that her former friendship with Kwasi Kwarteng was effectively over.
Ms Truss sacked Mr Kwarteng as chancellor in a last-ditch attempt to avoid his demise.
When asked if they were still in touch, she replied: “From time to time. I don’t talk to him much.
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