The King's coat of arms will be on the front of all new British passports from December, the Home Office has announced.

The inside pages have also been updated to include images of natural landscapes from all four UK nations, including Ben Nevis, the Lake District, Three Cliffs Bay, and the Giant's Causeway.

The Home Office said the new passport is the first wholly new design in five years, and it will be the "most secure passport ever produced".

It will include the latest anti-forgery technology, including new holographic and translucent features.

The updated features will improve verification and make passports significantly more resistant to forgery or tampering, the Home Office said.

Image: The bio page of the new UK passport. Pic: PA

Migration and citizenship minister Mike Ta

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