Paddington Bear granted British passport by the Home Office

Movie producers had appealed for support to make a replica of the authoritative papers for usage successful the caller Paddington successful Peru film.

However the Government section alternatively responded by issuing the marmalade-loving bear, authoritative sanction “Paddington Brown”, with a ineligible question permit.

Rob Silva, co-producer of Paddington successful Peru, told Radio Times: “We wrote to the Home Office asking if we could get a replica and they really issued Paddington with an authoritative passport – there’s lone 1 of these.

“You wouldn’t deliberation the Home Office would person a consciousness of humour, but nether authoritative observations, they’ve conscionable listed him arsenic ‘Bear’.”

Ben Whishaw, who voices the iconic quality successful the 3rd installment of the movie franchise, unluckily did not get to usage the passport to question to Peru himself.

He arsenic helium spent accumulation wrong a London signaling workplace and dis not adjacent get to conscionable his co-stars Antonio Banderas oregon Olivia Colman.

“I anticipation I volition astatine immoderate point, due to the fact that I watched their performances and enjoyed them truthful enormously. On Paddington 2, I ne'er saw Hugh Grant, not once.”

He added: “I would person loved to person gone to Peru and Colombia, but I didn’t get to go. I was conscionable successful a basement successful Soho the full time.”

Paddington successful Peru is released connected November 8. To observe 23 statues of the quality sitting connected a seat and munching connected marmalade sandwiches person been peppered crossed the UK.

They amusement the Peruvian carnivore wearing his iconic reddish chapeau and bluish duffel coat.

In London the sculptures person been placed successful Connaught Village and a 2nd is astatine London Westfield successful White City.

A imperishable bronze statue of Paddington based connected Peggy Fortnum's illustrations from the archetypal books tin beryllium recovered by Platform 1 astatine Paddington station.

Another of writer Michael Bond with his instauration is astatine Church of St Mary Paddington Green.