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Liz Truss will be formally appointed Britain’s third female PM at Balmoral today. The new leader will make a statement outside No 10 this afternoon, appoint her Cabinet this evening, and face her first Prime Minister’s questions tomorrow. In his final speech at Downing Street, says BBC News, Boris Johnson urged Conservatives to get behind his successor and likened himself to Cincinnatus, the Roman statesman who fought off an invasion before humbly returning to his farm. Some classics scholars have noted that “Cincinnatus came out of retirement for a second term as leader of Rome”. Foreign leaders have been sending their congratulations to the wrong “Liz Truss” on Twitter. Liz Trussel, who secured the @liztruss handle in 2009, replied to a message from the Swedish PM by saying: “Looking forward to a visit soon! Get the meatballs ready.”