Brown takes over as British PM

FE Team | Published: June 28, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

LONDON, June 27: Gordon Brown became British prime minister Wednesday, promising new priorities, after Tony Blair resigned after a decade in power. Brown, the former Treasury chief, smiled broadly following a meeting at Buckingham Palace during which Queen Elizabeth II asked him to form a new government in the traditional transfer of power. Having arrived in a modest sedan, Brown and his wife Sarah departed from the palace in a prime ministerial limousine. â€”AP