Why The Queen Of England Doesn't Carry A Passport

[P.J.]

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Why The Queen Of England Doesn't Carry A Passport

The Queen of England, while largely a ceremonial post these days, is still pretty powerful. How powerful? Her Majesty doesn't need a passport to travel abroad. Well la dee dah!
All passports in England are issued in the name of Her Majesty.

Her Britannic Majesty's Secretary of State requests and requires in the name of Her Majesty all those whom it may concern to allow the bearer to pass freely without let or hindrance and to afford the bearer such assistance and protection as may be necessary.
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Since the passports are issued in the name of the Queen, what would her passport say? Issued in the name of me? Issued in my name? Apparently, issuing them in her name makes her having a passport redundant. Of course, the rest of the royal family has to have a passport, until one of them gets promoted to king or queen.


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[apsarathy]

Why can't she abdicate and let poor Charles take over?

 

[Brahmanyan]

Now a question arises in my mind, whether The President of India requires a Passport to visit other Nations ?
The Indian Passport is issued in the name of The President. Or for that matter any head of State requires a Passport for himself/herself.

 

[prasad1]

Yes, the President of USA needs a passport, but no, it's not like everyone else's. The president of the United States, his immediate family, certain top officials, and diplomatic personnel are issued diplomatic passports, which have a black cover and for which the bearer doesn't have to pay a passport fee. When the president travels, a team of people, usually from the State Department, coordinate the paperwork of the trip and hold onto the president's passport. After the president emerges from Air Force One, waves to the crowd, and gets in his limo, he doesn't then stand in line at customs. The State Department employees take his passport, and those of the others in his entourage, through the host country's customs procedures.
Does the President Have a Passport?

The President of the United States does have to have a passport to travel. His passport has a black cover, and he doesn't have to pay any fees for it. His immediate family, certain top White House officials, and about 80,000 diplomatic personnel have similar passports.

 

[P.J.]

Probably The British Queen is the only Head of a State who does not carry any type of Passport to Visit any Country without Visa!!