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    Elizabeth II, the most travelled monarch in history, famously does not have a passport. Is this normal for a Head of State, or do the Presidents and Heads of other nations have to have one?

    Question #88188. Asked by billythebrit. (Nov 06 07 12:46 PM)


    vexored

    		This isn't normal. Presidents and other heads have passports, just not normal ones. They have diplomatic passports, which have a black cover and for which the bearer doesn't have to pay a passport fee.

    http://www.slate.com/id/1007828/

    Nov 06 07, 1:40 PM
    paper_aero

    		Historically passports were issued by the British monarch promising safe conduct - so for a British monarch to issue themseves one would be pointless.

    It is only in the last 100 years or so that it has been obligatory to have such a document to leave our native land.

    Some details:
    http://www.ips.gov.uk/passport/about-history-overview.asp

    The wording has also changed slowly but significantly over the years. I believe passports used to be the property of te holder but now they are the property of "Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom."
    (Refering to British passports of course.)

    Nov 06 07, 2:53 PM

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