LIZ Truss will become the shortest-serving Prime Minister by 74 days.
The fallen Tory leader’s 44 days in office is less than half the George Canning’s 118 days when he died in 1827.
Liz Truss will become the shortest serving Prime Minister
Ms Truss resigned today after losing the confidence of her own MPs and the markets.
She would have overtaken fellow Tory Canning on January 3 but fell short by more than two months.
It means King Charles is already set for his second Prime Minister just six weeks after ascending to the throne.
And the country is facing its third Prime Minister in four months.
A Tory leadership contest is set to be fast-tracked to be completed within a week.
The other shortest serving Prime Ministers include Frederick John Robinson’s 144 days, Andrew Bonar Law’s 211 days and William Cavendish’s 225 days.
Ms Truss said today outside No10 Downing Street that she was elected on a mandate to change “a time of great economic and international instability”.
But she added: “I recognise, given the situation, I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party.”
Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt and Ben Wallace and the frontrunners to be the next PM, according to the bookies.
