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Rishi Sunak has departed from Buckingham Palace following his resignation as prime minister after the Conservative Party suffered staggering losses in the general election.
Sunak officially left the post after tendering his resignation to King Charles III in his final audience with the monarch.
Sunak was driven to the palace in a chauffeur-driven ministerial car, and left in a private vehicle.
“This is a difficult day, but I leave this job honored to have been prime minister of the best country in the world,” Sunak said in his final speech outside 10 Downing Street. Sunak said he had given the job his all.
Sunak conceded defeat earlier in the morning as vote counts confirmed exit polls that had projected a landslide defeat for his Conservatives to the Labour Party.
After Sunak resigns, Labour leader Keir Starmer will go to the palace to seek the king’s blessing to form a government.
After performing the “kissing of hands,” the new prime minister will head to
his official residence, where he is expected to speak.
AP
