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Main article: List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom. Queen Elizabeth II with British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former prime ministers Margaret Thatcher, Edward Heath, James Callaghan, and John Major during her Golden Jubilee in 2002. Queen Elizabeth II with British Prime Minister David Cameron and former prime ministers John Major ...
Sep 12, 2022 · John Major was the first prime minister who was younger than the Queen. She was 64, he was 47. ... invited to the wedding of William and Catherine in 2011, when Thatcher, Major and David Cameron ...
- Winston Churchill
- Anthony Eden
- Harold Macmillan
- Alec Douglas-Home
- Harold Wilson
- Edward Heath
- James Callaghan
- Margaret Thatcher
- John Major
- Tony Blair
The statesman, soldier and author as well as amateur painter served as Prime Minister of Great Britain twice (1940-1945) and (1951 – 1955) and was revered as a war hero during WW2. Born into an aristocratic family, the Conservative party leader was also a member of the Liberal Party as a young man from 1904-1924. No matter whether Churchill’s polit...
The second prime minister to serve under Queen Elizabeth II was less of a friendship and more of a relationship of constitutional propriety. The Conservative party leader was the first PM to court controversy due to the Suez Canal crisis. Despite Eden resigning in 1957 on the grounds of ill health and being suspected of misleading the House of Comm...
The Queen was said to have not warmed immediately to Macmillan during his early days as PM but grew to respect and rely on his counsel. The Conservative party leader, who was badly injured during WWI and suffered permanent mobility issues, was known for his pragmatism, wit and unflappability. A supporter of the welfare state he worked to restore th...
As Prime Minister Douglas-Home had the advantage of getting on with Queen Elizabeth due to the fact he had been a childhood friend of the Queen Mother. Although only PM for one year Queen Elizabeth made an effort to re-establish an informal relationship. Douglas-Home’s appointment as prime minister after Harold Macmillan’s resignation was unpopular...
The Queen’s first Labour Party PM, Harold Wilson is known to be one of her favourites. He served under her twice and was bestowed the honour of helping the monarch with the washing up after barbeques at Balmoral. Despite Wilson’s down-to-earth working-class background, the Huddersfield-born prime minister loved the pomp and circumstance of royal me...
The Queen’s relationship with Edward Heath was said to be one of mutual indifference. Heath’s lack of deference to her majesty, on occasions interrupting and talking over her, didn’t help the relationship, as well as once falling asleep while having dinner with the monarch and former prime ministers. During a meeting with world leaders in 1991, the...
The Queen’s second Labour Prime Minister, James Callahan proved to be a refreshing easy going premier compared to the awkward Edward Heath. Six-foot-one tall Callaghan who presided over a tumultuous era of national strikes that ended in the ‘Winter of Discontent’ was said to have had a warm rapport with her majesty and is quoted as saying, 'One of ...
A cordial relationship between Britain’s first female Prime Minister of the Conservative party and the Queen was noted for its lack of warmth and divergence of opinions on policies, Margaret Thatcher implemented during her 11-year reign as premier. Despite the lack of camaraderie between the two women, the Queen chose to attend Thatcher’s funeral i...
Conservative Party Premier Major oversaw several major crises of the Queen including the breakup of Prince Charles and Lady Diana’s marriage as well as the catastrophic fire at Windsor Castle in November 1992. The friendly relationship between the younger premier and the Queen was possibly enhanced by the fact that Major would often take his wife N...
Heralding a new era of the Labour Party in No 10, Tony Blair was the first premier to be born during the Queen’s reign. He was not popular with her majesty and the Royal household due to his assumption that he had ‘saved’ the Royal Family’s reputation during the controversy over Lady Diana’s shocking death in 1997. Blair seeing monarchy as ‘antiqua...
- Winston Churchill (1951-1955): The Queen was said to be in awe of her first prime minister, Winston Churchill. Once when asked which PM she enjoyed meeting with most, she replied: "Winston of course, because it's always such fun."
- Anthony Eden (1955-1957): Her Majesty found her second prime minister to be a sympathetic listener and their relationship was one of constitutional propriety.
- Harold Macmillan (1957-1963): The Queen originally found Macmillan difficult to deal with, but they eventually warmed to each other. Her Majesty relied on Macmillan for his wise counsel — both while in office and after his retirement in 1963.
- Alec Douglas-Home (1963-1964): The Queen was well acquainted with Douglas-Home, seen in the back, as he had been a childhood friend of the Queen Mother.
Sep 8, 2022 · 2 of 18 | . FILE = From right, Britain’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Clemet Attlee, leader of the Opposition Party, Anthony Eden, Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister and Lord Woolton, President of the Privy Council wait to greet Queen Elizabeth II as she steps down from her plane, for the first time as sovereign, at London Airport, on Feb. 7, 1952, after cutting short her ...
The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy, in which the monarch shares power with a constitutionally organized government. The reigning king or queen is the country’s head of state. All political power rests with the prime minister (the head of government) and the cabinet, and the monarch must act on their advice.
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The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is the leader of His Majesty's Government. They chair Cabinet meetings. It is the highest civil office in the United Kingdom. [source?] The present prime minister has been Keir Starmer since 5 July 2024. [1]
