KING Charles will play an important role when appointing his second PM in weeks including one crucial gesture.
It comes as Liz Truss handed in her resignation as Prime Minister today after just 44 days in office.
The embattled PM made a solemn speech outside Downing Street this afternoon confirming the astonishing turn of events.
Ms Truss' six weeks in office make her the shortest serving Prime Minister the UK has ever had.
A Tory leadership race will now begin and a new PM will be chosen by next Friday.
Despite only acceding to the throne six weeks ago, the King will unbelievably soon be onto his second PM as King.
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And the monarch will play a big part when he welcomes his second PM next week.
Whoever replaces Ms Truss will have to go to Buckingham Palace, where they will be asked to form a government.
And their appointment as PM will be sealed with an unusual gesture.
As head of state, it is the monarch's duty to appoint the prime minister who leads His Majesty’s Government.
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The Royal Encyclopedia states that the appointment of a prime minister is "one of the few remaining personal prerogatives of the sovereign".
When a potential prime minister is called to see the monarch, they will ask them whether they will form a government – with acceptance the most common response.
After a new PM has been appointed, the Court Circular will record the crucial gesture that "the Prime Minister kissed hands on appointment".
However, this is not literally the case and it is usually a handshake.
It comes as Liz Truss called Charles to tell him she was resigning as Prime Minister.
She spoke to the King on the phone today to confirm her resignation as PM.
In her statement outside Downing Street, Ms Truss said: "I have therefore spoken to His Majesty The King to notify him that I am resigning as Leader of the Conservative Party."
However, Truss will still have to meet the King in person to formally tender her resignation, as is tradition.
Following her resignation, King Charles was today seen presenting the Letters of Recall of his predecessor as well as official letters to Ukraine to the Court of St James's at Buckingham Palace.
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When picking the new PM, the monarch normally does not act on advice nor need to consult anyone before calling upon the leader with an overall majority of seats in the House of Commons to form a government.
The King is guided by constitutional conventions and can seek advice from the outgoing PM, any other political leader, senior Privy Counsellors, or whomever he pleases within the limits of prudence and caution.
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