Paddington Bear has finally been issued with a British passport, 66 years after he was first said to have arrived in London, according to the producers of the famous bear's next movie. Film-makers requested a passport for the Peruvian bear,

PADDINGTON Bear was provided with an official UK passport for filming of a new movie. Bosses had appealed to the Home Office for permission to create a replica, but were shocked when the

Everyone's favourite bear has been granted a UK passport by the Home Office, ahead of the upcoming film Paddington in Peru.

Paddington Bear, probably fiction’s best-known Peruvian, has been granted a passport by authorities in his adoptive country of Britain.

A neutral facial expression and a direct look into the camera are musts when taking a passport photograph, but for Paddington Bear, the Home Office made an exception.