"Which word is missing from the first line of text on the inside cover of a UK passport – ""Her ??? Majesty's Secretary of State""?"
British passport the top of other British passports (i.e. passports issued to British Nationals (Overseas), British Overseas Citizens, British Protected Persons, non-Gibraltarian British Overseas Territories Citizens and British Subjects without the right of abode in the UK) Generic British passports contain on their inside cover the following words in English only: In older passports, more specific reference was made to "Her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs", originally including the name of the incumbent. British passports issued by HM Passport Office include the following data on the information page: The items are identified by text in English and French
Passports of the European Union December 2017 to return to the dark blue cover passport after Brexit, which in 1988 the UK Government voluntarily changed the colour of the passport to burgundy red, in line with all EU passports. Information on the cover, in this order, in the language(s) of the issuing state: Information on the first page, in one or more of the languages of the European Union: Information on the (possibly laminated) identification page, in the languages of the issuing state plus English and French, accompanied by numbers that refer to an index that lists the meaning of these fields in all official