Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesIt began with promise and ended in tears: An emotional Theresa May finally announced the end of her short but tumultuous tenure as the UK's prime minister on Friday, her voice quivering as she spoke. Humiliation at the polls: The turning point of May's premiership was a catastrophic snap general election in June 2017. Hoping to capitalize on her lead in opinion polls, May's gamble wiped away her parliamentary majority and irreparably damaged her authority. May rarely seemed to be having the time of her life as prime minister, but her musical entrance won a few doubters over. Salisbury poisoning: The prime minister won plaudits for her response to the poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter in 2018.

Source: CNN May 24, 2019 07:45 UTC