Prime Minister Liz Truss, who was formally anointed by the Queen on Tuesday, made a statement outside Downing Street shortly after the news broke. She said, "We are all devastated by the news that we have just heard from Balmoral," declaring that the Queen's death is "a huge shock to the nation and the whole world". Speaking emotively, she said the Queen was "the rock on which modern Britain was built", adding, "Britain is the great country it is today because of her."