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In Pictures: Looking back at Theresa May’s tenure as PM

The UK’s second female premier entered Downing Street in July 2016.

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As Theresa May counts down her last few hours as Prime Minister, 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.

From the moment the Queen invited the MP for Maidenhead to form a new government, to some of her final official duties including welcoming England’s World Cup-winning cricketers to No 10, we take a look back on an eventful three years in office.

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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 (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
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Staff clapping as Theresa May walks inside 10 Downing Street as PM for the first time (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
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Watching 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 (Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA)
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The Prime Minister suffers a coughing fit during her keynote speech at the Conservative Party Conference in 2017 (Joe Giddens/PA)
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Dancing Queen: Her entrance on to the conference stage in 2018 was made to music by Abba (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
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In July 2018 the summer holiday was near Lake Garda in northern Italy (PA)
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Passing a shop window display while visiting Salisbury on the first anniversary of the Skripal poisoning in March this year (Ben Birchall/PA)
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During a dinner hosted by he Queen at Buckingham Palace during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in April (Jack Taylor/PA)
President Trump state visit to UK – Day Two
The state visit to the UK for Mr Trump was held at the start of June 2019 (Frank Augustein/PA)
D-Day 75th anniversary
Mrs May lays a wreath during the Royal British Legion’s Service of Remembrance at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery in Bayeux, France (Neil Hall/PA)
A frosty reception for Russian President Vladimir Putin
A frosty reception for Russian President Vladimir Putin (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
On the outside looking in? At the G20 with Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, Canadian PM, Justin Trudeau and Japanese premier Shinzo Abe
On the outside looking in? At the G20 with Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and Japanese premier Shinzo Abe (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
With husband Philip at Wimbledon
With husband Philip at Wimbledon (Adam Davy/PA)
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