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Image source, Getty ImagesThe Queen has appointed every prime minister since 1951
The Queen has appointed every prime minister since 1951, but Liz Truss will be the first invited to Scotland.
In a break with tradition, the new PM will not meet the Queen in London at Buckingham Palace.
On Tuesday the monarch will hold an audience with the next prime minister at Balmoral.
The Queen has appointed each prime minister since Winston Churchill in 1951. Here are all 15 leaders from her 70-year reign.
Winston Churchill 1951 – 1955
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Queen, with Prince Charles and Princess Anne, meets Sir Winston Churchill in 1953
Anthony Eden 1955 – 1957
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Queen shakes hands with Sir Anthony Eden in 1956
Harold Macmillan 1957- 1963
Image source, Getty ImagesHarold Macmillan, who also served as Oxford University chancellor, welcomes the Queen to the university in 1960
Alec Douglas-Home 1963 – 1964
Image source, PA MediaThe Queen speaks to Sir Alec Douglas-Home and Lady Home during a reception at Couty Hall in 1964
Harold Wilson 1964 – 1970
Image source, Getty ImagesHarold Wilson with the Queen in 1969
Edward Heath 1970 – 1974
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Queen with Edward Heath, Richard Nixon and Pat Nixon at Chequers in 1970
Harold Wilson 1974 – 1976
Image source, AlamyThe Queen is welcomed to 10 Downing Street by Harold Wilson in 1976
James Callaghan 1976 – 1979
Image source, Getty ImagesJames Callaghan meets the Queen for lunch at Windsor Castle in 1977
Margaret Thatcher 1979 – 1990
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Queen with Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan at Buckingham Palace in 1984
John Major 1990 – 1997
Image source, PA MediaThe Queen with John Major, third left, and former prime ministers Margaret Thatcher, Harold Wilson, Edward Heath and James Callaghan in 1992
Tony Blair 1997 – 2007
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Queen pictured with Tony Blair at Buckingham Palace as she invited him to form a government in 2002
Gordon Brown 2007 – 2010
Image source, AlamyGordon Brown meets the Queen in 2007
David Cameron 2010 – 2016
Image source, Getty ImagesDavid Cameron at Buckingham Palace in 2010 as the Queen invites him to form a government
Theresa May 2016 – 2019
Image source, Getty ImagesTheresa May visited Buckingham Palace as she became prime minister in 2016
Boris Johnson 2019 – 2022
Image source, Getty ImagesBoris Johnson visited Buckingham Palace in 2019 to succeed Theresa May
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