First British passports issued with King's name

The archetypal British passports issued successful King Charles's sanction are being released this week, the Home Office has said.

Passports volition present usage the wording "His Majesty", with the epoch yet ending for passports utilizing "Her Majesty", for the precocious Queen Elizabeth II.

The past clip this wording appeared connected a passport was successful 1952, successful the reign of King George VI.

Five cardinal passports person been issued already this twelvemonth nether the sanction of the precocious Queen.

And immoderate caller applications volition inactive person a passport from remaining banal featuring "Her Majesty", which stay valid question documents.

The 1 idiosyncratic who volition not request a passport is the King himself. By normal the monarch does not person to transportation a passport to travel, due to the fact that it is simply a papers issued successful his ain name.

The updated passports are the latest signifier successful the gradual modulation successful reigns, with stamps and immoderate coins present carrying the King's head. Banknotes volition being to alteration adjacent year.

Since the precocious Queen's decease past September determination has been a dependable process of switching to images and insignia of the caller King, with an accent connected utilizing up existing stocks alternatively than having an abrupt change.

The caller passports volition present transportation the words: "His Britannic Majesty's Secretary of State requests and requires successful the sanction of His Majesty..."

Home Secretary Suella Braverman said:"For 70 years, Her Majesty has appeared connected British passports and galore of america volition not retrieve a clip erstwhile she did not feature. Today marks a important infinitesimal successful UK history."

After problems with delays to issuing passports past twelvemonth and concern enactment this year, the Home Office says 99% of passports are being issued wrong 10 weeks of application.

UK passports successful their modern form, with photograph and signature, person been issued since 1915, with the archetypal information watermark being added successful 1972 and machine-readable passports introduced successful 1988.

In 2020, aft leaving the European Union, UK passports changed from a burgundy colour, utilized since 1988, to acheronian blue.