Mrs Pudsy Bear Refused a Passport!

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A woman who has changed her identity to that of BBC Children in Need mascot Pudsey Bear is fighting to get a passport issued under her new name.

The Identity and Passport Service (IPS), in their letter to Mrs Bear, wrote: "It is deemed to be a frivolous change of name, which would bring IPS into disrepute. It could also pose problems for you at border control in some countries."

What do you think about this? Is she crazy? Or do the passport control officers just need to allow any and all Deed-Poll-changed names?

I'm so glad Scotland has no such thing as Deed Poll, lmao!

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Why change her name to Pudsey Bear??

I think Deed Poll name changes should be used to allow name changes which are necessary because of more serious matters- How ridiculous...people just get stranger and stranger...

You can change your name to whatever you want in the UK and I think this is a good thing. Who cares if it's deemed 'frivolous' by some, this is the moniker she wishes to be known as and they passport office should respect that. The fact that she's taken the bigger step of changing it by deed poll means that she has made it the most official that she can. Which says to me that this is not a frivolous change at all, but something she considers quite serious. Even if it's just for a year, this is the name she has chosen to wear for that year and the authorities should respect that.

Sorry, but I think that if you have the brass balls to change your name for charity, and go through with it, then you should be given the courtesy of the authorities treating that with respect.