Paddington Bear gets a British passport

Paddington Bear has yet been issued with a British passport, 66 years aft helium was archetypal said to person arrived successful London, according to the producers of the celebrated bear's adjacent movie.

Film-makers requested a passport for the Peruvian bear, to beryllium utilized arsenic a prop successful Paddington successful Peru.

"We wrote to the Home Office, asking if we could get a replica, and they really issued Paddington with an authoritative passport - there's lone 1 of these," co-producer Rob Silva told the Radio Times.

"You wouldn’t deliberation the Home Office would person a consciousness of humour, but nether authoritative observations, they've conscionable listed him arsenic Bear."

Paddington was created successful 1958 by Michael Bond, who said the much-loved carnivore from "darkest Peru" was inspired by his puerility during World War Two.

"When I was small, I had memories of children being evacuated from London with a statement astir their necks and each their possessions successful a suitcase, and this became portion of Paddington arsenic well," helium told the BBC successful 2017.

"Paddington Bear was a exile with a statement - 'Please look aft this bear. Thank you', and helium had a small suitcase."

Paddington arrives arsenic a stowaway connected a vessel from South America and settles with the Brown family, who sanction him aft the London bid presumption wherever they recovered him.

The palmy movie series, based connected Bond's books, sees Ben Whishaw dependable the celebrated bear. Paddington successful Peru, the 3rd film, volition beryllium released successful November.

Paddington besides famously had beverage with the precocious Queen Elizabeth II during the celebrations for her Platinum Jubilee.