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Leader Truss says queen’s death is ‘difficult moment’ for UK

Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss, right, and her husband Hugh O'Leary observe a minute silence outside 10 Downing Street, in London, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, ahead of tomorrow's funeral of the late Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday Sept. 8, 2022, after 70 years on the throne. She was 96. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss, her husband Hugh O'Leary, former Prime Minister John Major and his wife Norma, former Prime Minister Tony Blair with his wife Cherie Blair depart, after the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, at Westminster Abbey, inn London, Monday Sept. 19, 2022. The Queen, who died aged 96 on Sept. 8, will be buried at Windsor alongside her late husband, Prince Philip, who died last year. (Gareth Cattermole/Pool Photo via AP)

British Prime Minister Liz Truss speaks at the Westminster Abbey during the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, in London, Monday Sept. 19, 2022. (Phil Noble/Pool Photo via AP)

British Prime Minister Liz Truss speaks during the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in central London, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. The Queen, who died aged 96 on Sept. 8, will be buried at Windsor alongside her late husband, Prince Philip, who died last year. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool)

FILE - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, left, welcomes Liz Truss during an audience at Balmoral, Scotland, where she invited the newly elected leader of the Conservative party to become Prime Minister and form a new government, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. British Prime Minister Liz Truss took office less than two weeks ago, impatient to set her stamp on government. The death of Queen Elizabeth II ripped up Truss’s carefully laid plans for the first weeks of her term, putting everyday politics in the U.K. on hold as the country was plunged into official and emotional mourning.(Jane Barlow/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Leader Truss says queen’s death is ‘difficult moment’ for UK