NEW: Liz Truss officially became the U.K.'s prime minister after a formal meeting with the Queen at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
The intrigue:
"On the subject of bouncing around in future careers, let me say that I am now like one of those booster rockets that has fulfilled its function," Johnson said before getting in his car. "And I will now be gently reentering the atmosphere and splashing down invisibly in some remote and obscure corner of the Pacific."
Boris Johnson delivers a farewell address at 10 Downing Street before his official resignation as British prime minister on Tuesday. Photo: Carl Court/Getty Images
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