When Liz Truss was named as the 56th British Prime Minister on September 5, Tory colleagues were delighted that an ugly summer could be consigned to history.
After six weeks of ugly blue-on-blue attacks, the former Foreign Secretary's victory over Rishi Sunak was confirmed after she secured the votes of 81,000 Tory members - 56% of those polled.
The following morning she travelled to Balmoral to be formally appointed by the Queen in what turned out to be the monarch's final public act.
