Hope you like Shakespeare.
Ministers unveiled the latest design of the UK passport, which will be rolled out from December.
Anthony Devlin / PA Wire
A new passport is launched every five years and the theme for this version is "Creative United Kingdom". It was revealed by Home Office minister James Brokenshire at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London on Tuesday.
That might well be because William Shakespeare features rather heavily in the new passport. Embedded in every single visa page is a 3D watermark of the playwright, complete with scroll and quill.
Each double-page spread features a different design "celebrating the pioneering work in the creative industries throughout the last 500 years".
Shakespeare's Globe
Home Office
On the left is an image of the interior of the theatre, which is a reconstruction of the original Elizabethan Globe which burnt down in 1613. On the right is a map of the City of London, with the exterior of the theatre in the foreground.
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