![Johnson, with his wife Carrie Johnson, exits his Downing Street office to deliver a speech [Henry Nicholls/Reuters]](https://i0.wp.com/afripost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Former-UK-prime-minister-Boris-Johnson-and-wife-exit-no-10-Downing-Street.jpg?resize=770%2C513&ssl=1 "Boris Johnson")
The United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has left his Downing Street office for the last time before heading to Scotland to formally offer his resignation to Queen Elizabeth II.
AFRIPOST reports that the British leader, who announced his intention to step down two months ago, is expected to meet with the queen later on Tuesday at her Balmoral estate to begin the transfer of power to Liz Truss.
Truss, who was named leader of the ruling Conservative Party on Monday, will be appointed prime minister during her own audience with the queen a short time later.
Speaking outside No 10 Downing Street, Johnson said his policies had given the country the economic strength to help people weather the energy crisis before he signed off with his typical bluster.
“I am like one of those booster rockets that has fulfilled its function,” Johnson said before getting into a car and leaving the gates of Downing Street for the last time as prime minister.
“I will now be gently re-entering the atmosphere and splashing down invisibly in some remote and obscure corner of the Pacific.”
Source: Aljazeera
