Liz Truss has just become Prime Minister - but her political career was nearly dead in the water when her affair was exposed. The new Conservative leader beat rival Rishi Sunak to replace Boris Johnson in No10 - and has officially become the PM after an audience with the Queen at Balmoral.
Few would have predicted that Ms Truss would reach such heights back in 2006 when her extra-marital relations with a fellow MP caused a scandal for the Tories. Ms Truss had an 18-month relationship with married front bencher Mark Field, who was a key member of David Cameron's Shadow Cabinet, which began at the start of 2004.
