Mr Boris Johnson today got the nod of Queen Elizabeth 11 to form a new government of the United Kingdom   following her formal acceptance of the resignation of Mrs Theresa May.

The 55-year-old Johnson becomes the 14th Prime Minister to serve under the current Queen and the third since the Brexit referendum which still has not been delivered.

He is also the first unmarried leader of the country for 45 years and the 20th Prime Minister to have been educated at Eton.

The new Tory leader met the Queen to start his time in office before proceeding to 10 Downing Street where his girlfriend, Carrie Symonds watched as he made his first speech as Prime Minister.

“The doubters, the doomsters, the gloomsters, they are going to get it wrong again. The people who bet against Britain are going to lose their shirts because we are going to restore trust in our democracy.

“We will do a new deal, a better deal that will maximise the opportunities of Brexit while allowing us to develop a new and exciting partnership with the rest of Europe. I have every confidence that in 99 days’ time we will have cracked it,” Johnson said. 

In the debut speech, Johnson, who will over the coming hours begin to announce the members of his cabinet vowed to take personal responsibility for Brexit talks and the domestic agenda.

He repeated his vow to take Britain out of the European Union on October 31, warning the Union that a No Deal outcome would be their fault if they refused to negotiate a better deal.

While extending his  hand of friendship to Europeans living in Britain, Johnson praised Mrs. May who formally resigned minutes before he took office for her fortitude, patience and deep sense of public service.

“But in spite of all her efforts, it has become clear that there are pessimists at home and abroad who think that after three years of indecision that this country has become a prisoner to the old arguments of 2016 and that in this home of democracy we are incapable of honouring a basic democratic mandate,” he added.

This morning, Mr. Johnson made a bid to shore up his Brexiteer credentials with the appointment of Vote Leave boss, Dominic Cummings as a senior advisor.

The appointment of Cummings, an eccentric campaigner who was central to delivering the Leave Vote in 2016 could be a sign that Johnson intends to take a tough line in talks with the EU.

He is also expected to appoint top Brexiteer parliamentarians to his cabinet over the next 24 hours, with Priti Patel and Dominic Raab set for senior jobs.

However, in a potential sign of trouble, four senior ministers including Mrs. May’s deputy said they would not serve under the new Prime Minister and vowed to fight any attempt to deliver a No Deal Brexit.

Philip Hammond and David Gauke fulfilled their promise to resign formally even before Johnson took office while David Lidington, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, announced he would be returning to the back benches.

Interestingly, May in her final speech sent a signal to Mr. Johnson not to try and take Britain out of the EU without a deal but added he would have her full support after taking over from her.