Saturday, 15. February 2003

Topic: - on February 15, 2003 at 10:50:09 PM CET

Mayor's passport misery

The Mayor of Shrewsbury, who has lived in Britain for more than 70 years, has been refused a British passport.

Councillor George Richey, who served for 27 years in the British Army, applied for a passport as he hoped to take part in a twinning trip to Zutphen in Holland in April.

But the Passport Office has told the 71-year-old that he is not a British national as he was born in Mauritius - even though his father held a British passport.

¬> BBC

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