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David Cameron is the new Prime Minister: Queen confirms Conservative leader as PM following Gordon Brown's emotional resignation on steps of No 10. (Heidi Blake and Andrew Hough, 11 May 2010, Daily Telegraph)

20.35 The Queen has invited David Cameron to form a Government. Britain has a new Prime Minister - the twelfth of Her Majesty's reign - and the Buckingham Palace guards salute him as he drives away.

The Palace released the following statement: "The Queen received the Right Honourable David Cameron this evening and requested him to form a new administration. The Right Honourable David Cameron recognised Her Majesty's offer and Kissed Hands upon his appointment as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury."