Liz Truss hailed the Queen as the "rock on which modern Britain was built", as she led tributes to the country's longest-serving monarch.The Prime Minister said the death of the Queen, aged 96, was a "huge shock" to the nation and to the world.Speaking in Downing Street, Ms Truss described her as the "very spirit of Great Britain" before declaring: "That spirit will endure."

Liz Truss hailed the Queen as the "rock on which modern Britain was built", as she led tributes to the country's longest-serving monarch.The Prime Minister said the death of the Queen, aged 96, was a "huge shock" to the nation and to the world.Speaking in Downing Street, Ms Truss described her as the "very spirit of Great Britain" before declaring: "That spirit will endure."