His Majesty King Charles III ascended to the throne in September 2022, and since then he's made swathes of changes to his royal residences, determined to put his own stamp on his reign. Now, the monarch is set for a new first at the end of the year when passports will feature his personal coat of arms, replacing that of Queen Elizabeth II .

As well as the new emblem, the passports issued from December will be updated to include images of natural landscapes from across the four nations – Ben Nevis, the Lake District, Three Cliffs Bay and the Giant’s Causeway. There are also increased security measures, like holographic and translucent features, and the Home Office have claimed it will be the "most secure passport ever produced". These new features will make passports "even harder to for

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