What happens to my passport after Brexit?

Analysis: Leaving the EU means we’ll get navy passports once again, but what else? Peter Stubley looks at how your entry to the continent will be affected

The last burgundy British passport will expire in 2029 (Getty)

Everybody knows that one of the suggested benefits of Brexit is that UK passports will change colour from burgundy to blue – in an attempt to “restore our national identity”.

This will not magically happen the moment the UK leaves the EU on 29 March.

The new blue and gold passports, complete with a new, super-strength plastic polycarbonate picture page, will only be issued to those renewing or applying for a new passport from October 2019.