London (AFP) - British Prime Minister David Cameron steps down on Wednesday and Theresa May prepares to take his place following a momentous referendum to leave the European Union that has sent shockwaves around the world. <br /> <br />Cameron will hold his final weekly question and answer session in parliament before tendering his resignation to Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. <br /> <br />The monarch will then call on May to form a government and the newly-anointed prime minister will make a statement outside her new Downing Street residence. <br />She is also liked in and around Maidenhead, the well-to-do commuter town west of London that she has represented in parliament since 1997. <br /> <br />"She will get this country back on its feet," said 69-year-old Jim Charlesworth, a neighbour of May and her banker husband Philip. <br /> <br />Martin Trepte, editor of the Maidenhead Advertiser, the local newspaper, said: "She's a mature, grown-up, no-nonsense politician. She knows her stuff." <br /> <br />The daughter of a Church of England vicar, May is a cricket fan with a sober, well-mannered demeanour who lists her hobbies as cooking and walking. <br /> <br />She shows a flash of flamboyance with a colourful shoe collection -- particularly her leopard-skin heels -- which has become famous in the British press.
