‘More than a monarch’: World leaders react to the death of Queen Elizabeth II

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Friday, September 09, 2022

United Kingdom

New Conservative Party leader and Britain's Prime Minister-elect Liz Truss delivers a speech at an event to announce the winner of the Conservative Party leadership contest in central London on September 5, 2022. - Truss is the U.K.'s third female prime minister following Theresa May and Margaret Thatcher. The 47-year-old has consistently enjoyed overwhelming support over 42-year-old Sunak in polling of the estimated 200,000 Tory members who were eligible to vote. — New Conservative Party leader and Britain's Prime Minister-elect Liz Truss delivers a speech at an event to announce the winner of the Conservative Party leadership contest in central London on September 5, 2022. - Truss is the U.K.'s third female prime minister following Theresa May and Margaret Thatcher. The 47-year-old has consistently enjoyed overwhelming support over 42-year-old Sunak in polling of the estimated 200,000 Tory members who were eligible to vote. | ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images

Recently elected U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss, who once advocated for the abolition of the British monarchy, posted an official statement on Twitter about the death of the queen.

“Queen Elizabeth II was the rock on which modern Britain was built. Our country has grown and flourished under her reign,” wrote Truss.

“In the difficult days ahead, we will come together with our friends across the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth and the world to celebrate her extraordinary lifetime of service.”

“God save the King,” she added, referring to the new monarch, King Charles III.

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