India, July 20 -- Andy Burnham officially became Britain's prime minister on Monday, formally "kissing hands" with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace and taking over from Keir Starmer in a carefully choreographed handover that made him the seventh person to lead the country in a single decade.

Andy Burnham has officially become UK prime minister after a meeting with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace, according to a statement released by the palace Monday. A photograph released from the audience showed Burnham wearing a dark suit and tie standing alongside the King.

"His Majesty received in audience the Rt Hon Andrew Burnham MP and requested him to form a new Administration," the palace statement said. "The Rt Hon Andrew Burnham M...