THE new Prime Minister should travel to Balmoral to ask the Queen permission to form a new government and not force the “absolutely hideous” prospect of a 1,000-mile round trip to London on the 93-year-old monarch, a Conservative MP has insisted.

Stephen Kerr, the MP for Stirling, told The Herald: “Surely the politicians won’t make Her Majesty at 93 go back to London to satisfy their requirements? Shouldn’t they have to go to Balmoral to see her? Shouldn’t the changeover happen in Scotland? Would they really expect a 93-year-old lady to go to them? Absolutely hideous.”

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He went on: “I would have thought it the respectful and appropriate thing to do that they should have to go to her. It was a political choice to have a leadership election that creates the need for a change of prime minister and Government at this particular time.”

Mr Kerr added: “It would be wonderfully symbolic that the change of Government should take place in Scotland. It would be a very expression of the Union. London is not the be all and end all of everything.”

Jeremy Hunt, due in Scotland tomorrow for a joint hustings with Boris Johnson before Tory members in Perth, piled pressure on his rival when he made clear today that he would be willing to make the 500-mile journey from London to Royal Deeside in Aberdeenshire.

A campaign spokesman for the Foreign Secretary said: “There would be no better demonstration of Jeremy’s commitment to strengthening the Union than forming his government in Scotland.”

Mr Johnson’s camp also made clear the former London Mayor would be prepared to travel to Balmoral for an audience with the Queen.

Her Majesty has spent this week in Scotland, attending the ancient ceremony of the Keys, an investiture and a garden party in the grounds of the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

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Next Tuesday, she is due to attend an event in Cambridge University but is then expected to travel to Balmoral to spend the summer through July and August.

A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said she was only able to confirm dates for public events and was unable to “share dates” for private ones; staying at Balmoral, which the Queen does every summer, is regarded as a private matter.

The successor to Theresa May is due to take over on Wednesday July 24. Normally, this would involve the outgoing PM going to Buckingham Palace to resign his or her office and the new party leader then attending Her Majesty to ask permission to form a new government.

However, if the Queen is hundreds of miles away, this could make the process more protracted given the distance between Downing St and Balmoral.

It is thought that if this were to happen, it would be the first time for an outgoing and incoming premier having to travel to Scotland to resign and form a new government respectively.

It has been suggested officials in Buckingham Palace and the Cabinet Office have been in talks to try to work out the logistics.