Prime Minister Theresa May making her first speech as PM in 2016, and during her resignation speech last month Credit: Hannah McKay/Yui Mok/PA
As Theresa May leaves No.10 after three rollercoaster years, we look back at some of the highlights - and lowlights - of her time in office.
The UK’s second female prime minister entered Downing Street in July 2016 after she was the last candidate standing in the Tory leadership election sparked by David Cameron’s resignation over the Brexit referendum result.
The Queen welcomes Mrs May at an audience in Buckingham Palace where she invited the former home secretary to become Prime Minister in July 2016. Credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA
Mrs May with husband Philip together for the first time outside Downing Street Credit: Hannah McKay/PAStaff clapping as Theresa May walks inside 10 Downing Street as PM for the first time Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PAMrs May having some chips while on a walkabout during a general election campaign stop in Cornwall in 2017 Credit: Dylan Martinez/PAWatching with DUP leader Arlene Foster as DUP MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and Tory chief whip Gavin Williamson sign paperwork after the DUP agreed a deal to support the minority Conservative government following the 2017 election Credit: Daniel Leal-Olivas/PAA curtsy to the Queen during a state visit in 2017 by Spanish King Felipe VI Credit: Ben Stansall/PAThe Prime Minister suffers a coughing fit during her keynote speech at the Conservative Party Conference in 2017 Credit: Joe Giddens/PAComedian Simon Brodkin, also known as Lee Nelson, handing the PM a P45 form during the same eventful speech Credit: Peter Byrne/PADancing Queen: Her entrance on to the conference stage in 2018 was made to music by Abba Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PAAway from the office, Mrs May enjoyed walking holidays with her husband. In August 2016 they visited the Alps in Switzerland Credit: PAIn July 2018 the summer holiday was near Lake Garda in northern Italy Credit: PAAt least one friendly face as Mrs May met a border collie called Blitz after attending a church service near her Maidenhead constituency in February this year Credit: Steve Parsons/PAPassing a shop window display while visiting Salisbury on the first anniversary of the Skripal poisoning in March this year Credit: Ben Birchall/PAWaiting to give a reading at the Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey Credit: Richard Pohle/The Times/PADuring a dinner hosted by he Queen at Buckingham Palace during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in April Credit: Jack Taylor/PAWith Donald Trump in the Oval Office in January 2017. Mrs May was the one of the first world leaders to meet the new president Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PAThe state visit to the UK for Mr Trump was held at the start of June 2019 Credit: Frank Augustein/PAMaking a statement outside 10 Downing Street to confirm she was standing down as Tory party leader on Friday June 7 Credit: Yui Mok/PAMrs May lays a wreath during the Royal British Legion’s Service of Remembrance at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery in Bayeux, France Credit: Neil Hall/PAShe met Mr Trump again, at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PAA frosty reception for Russian President Vladimir Putin Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PAArriving to meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PAOn the outside looking in? At the G20 with Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and Japanese premier Shinzo Abe Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PAThe PM met military service personnel and their families at the Permanent Joint Headquarters Credit: Matt Dunham/PAWith husband Philip at Wimbledon Credit: Adam Davy/PAMrs May hosted a Downing Street reception for England’s triumphant Cricket World Cup squad Credit: Yui Mok/PA
