Theresa May takes holiday in Swiss Alps after delaying trip for PM duties

THERESA May has finally agreed to take her annual Alpine summer break after delaying it when she went into No10.

The new PM goes to Switzerland today for her traditional two week walking holiday with husband Philip until August 24.

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The couple have holidayed in the Alps every summer for years.

But Downing Street aides feared their workaholic boss was going to refuse to have any rest at all after seizing power unexpectedly just four weeks ago yesterday.

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Mrs May shares a passion for hill walking with Germany’s leader Angela Merkel, and gave her two books on the subject during their first meeting in Berlin last month.

A dozen new Cabinet ministers are spending their summer break mugging up on their new briefs.

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Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson took a pile of official papers to Greece on his family sunshine break last week.

And new Chancellor Philip Hammond is staying on at work in the Treasury this week in a bid to conquer how to run the economy.

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A No10 spokeswoman said: “The Prime Minister will be taking a holiday in Switzerland and will be returning to the UK on 24th August”.