King Charles's coat of arms will feature on the cover of all new passports from December 2025, the Home Office has shared. Passports featuring Queen Elizabeth II's coat of arms would remain valid until their expiry date, the government said. They will feature images of natural landscapes from across the UK in Ben Nevis, the Lake District, Three Cliffs Bay and the Giant’s Causeway. READ NEXT: Rare LS Lowry works expected to fetch millions at upcoming auctionThe Home Office has said the new passport will be the “most secure passport ever produced”. These new features will make passports easier to verify and “even harder to forge or tamper with”, the Home Office explained.


Source:   The Times
October 14, 2025 16:06 UTC