A child's passport costs Â£46. How long does it take to get a passport? It should usually take three weeks to renew a standard adult or child passport. If you need a new passport more urgently, you can pay extra to book an appointment at a Passport Customer Service Centre and get your passport on the same day for Â£128 or within a week for Â£103. However, ordering an adult passport for someone who has not had one before can take six weeks, and the fast-track service is unavailable. During busy times, including the run-up to Christmas and school holidays, waiting times can be longer.
As people all over the US and the world celebrate the Supreme Courtâs landmark decision legalizing same-sex marriage, it seems like the whole internet is painted rainbow. Thereâs actually an interesting story behind the pride flagâs current colors. Most pride flags consist of six colors: Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. Yesterday in a great interview on Refinery 29, we met the guy who designed it: One Gilbert Baker, an artist and activist who designed the flag in 1978 (according to the interview, Baker also has a drag persona named, awesomely, Busty Ross).
Common variations include moving the purple stripe down below the azure one, and adding a white stripe on top. The seven-color peace flag is not to be confused with the similar six-color gay pride flag, which does not have turquoise and has red at the top instead of the bottom. Robert A. Heinlein, in his 1947 short story The Green Hills of Earth, referred to the rainbow flag of Earth..