Britain’s economy and politics have calmed down since then, but Sunak still needs to tackle a slowing economy, widespread workers’ strikes in reaction to the cost of living crisis, and a fractious Conservative Party that’s losing popular support after 12 years in power.
“I’m not going to pretend that all our problems will go away in the new year,” he said.
But he added that the UK would “come together with pride in everything that makes this country great” for the coronation ceremony of Charles III.
Charles became monarch immediately upon his mother Queen Elizabeth II’s death on Sept. 8. He will be formally crowned at Westminster Abbey in London on May 6.