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This happens with everything from banknotes to the national anthem

This happens with everything from banknotes to the national anthem

Her image appears everywhere on stamps, coins, and banknotes. Her initials also adorn post boxes, police and guard uniforms and government banners across the UK. Replacing everything would be a huge financial effort and could take decades, according to British media.

We’ve listed the next biggest changes.

Coins and bills

29 billion, this is the number of coins bearing the profile of Elizabeth II in circulation in the country. Most recent designs in 2015, when she was 88 years old.

Now the image of the new king will decorate the means of payment. However, it is not a quick exchange process. After being designed, it must be approved in several stages, and finally by the king himself.

It is reported that the current banknotes bearing the image of the Queen remain a valid means of payment Bank of England.

The new coin will eventually be printed and distributed throughout the UK. Then the old currency will be phased out, as banknotes and coins eventually fade away.

Stamps and mailboxes

Since 1967, all stamps issued by the United Kingdom’s Royal Mail postal service have featured an embossed silhouette of the facial profile of Queen Elizabeth II.

Royal Mail will now stop producing stamps featuring the Queen and will start the process of creating new stamps with King Charles on them, according to reports. BBC.

In addition to putting the king on stamps, Royal Mail places a royal monogram on many mailboxes.

More than 60 percent of Britain’s 115,000 mailboxes are marked EIIR – E for Elizabeth and R for Regina, meaning Queen. All new mailboxes will now have a monogram of the king – but since the number of new mailboxes being installed is so low, it may be a while before you see them.

Passports and police uniforms

She added that all British passports are issued in the name of “Her Majesty” and are still valid for travel, but for new passports the wording on the inside front cover will be updated to “Her Majesty”. Mirror.

Police in England and Wales will have to change the Queen’s royal monogram on the plates of their helmets.

National anthem

British media reported that the British national anthem will no longer be “God Save the Queen”.

It goes back to the male king version, which is God’s protection for the king, with all the pronouns in the text changed to male.

This version of the national anthem was last used in 1952 when George VI sat on the throne.