Johnson is asked by the Queen to form a new administration, making him the 55th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. 2019-07-24
Theresa May visits Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace to formally tender her resignation and recommend her replacement as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. 2019-07-24
Multiple cabinet members resign on the day of Johnson's ascension to premiership, or in the days preceding it, in response to Johnson's politics and views on Brexit, including Chancellor, Philip Hammond, Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, David Gauke, Sir Alan Duncan, Rory Stewart, Anne Milton, and Theresa May's de facto deputy the: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster & Minister for the Cabinet Office, David Lidington. 2019-07-24
Greenpeace protesters block The Mall, the drive to Buckingham Palace, holding up Prime Minister-designate Boris Johnson on his way to visit the Queen. 2019-07-24