On her third day as Prime Minister, Liz Truss stood outside Downing Street to deliver a sombre tribute to the Queen, whose death she said marked the end of the "second Elizabethan era".
Ms Truss had started the day focused on the announcement of her energy bill support scheme, which her team knew had the power to derail her premiership if it landed badly.
The plan to freeze household bills at £2,500 for two years to help Brits struggling with eye-watering energy costs carries an estimated price tag of £150bn - more than the combined cost of furlough and other pandemic business support.
