Royal rebranding changes – what will happen to stamps, coins, banknotes and passports, following the death of Elizabeth II. We took a look.
Royal Rebranding Changes – Coinage
you will find the Queen’s head on every one of the 29 billion coins in use in the UK. She was 88 years old in 2015 when designers created the most recent design. It was the fifth coin picture they made while she was in power.
The Queen’s coins are likely to remain in circulation for many years. The process to replace them will likely be slow. The Royal Mint won’t explain how or when it will start issuing coins with King Charles III’s head on them.
Prior to the decimalization of all British coins in 1971, it was extremely common to see many kings on your change.
Although the design of the King’s coin portrait is unknown, a coin released by the Royal Mint in 2018 to mark his 70th birthday provided us a hint. Additionally, it appears certain that he will be portrayed looking the opposite direction, to the left. For each new monarch, tradition mandates that the monarch’s facing direction on coins must change.
New designs will be produced at the Royal Mint in Llantrisant, south Wales, after receiving government approval.
All notes and coins will remain legal tender. The Bank of England will give lots of notice if that is to change.
Stamps
All Royal Mail stamps have had an embossed silhouette of Queen Elizabeth II’s side profile on them since 1967.
Royal Mail will no longer be making Queen Elizabeth II stamps even though they can use them still on mails and packages. They will instead start the process of creating new ones.
Insiders may see the new King already appear on stamps, but Royal Mail won’t yet reveal the appearance of the new designs featuring him. They appear secretive on many new details. In time, we will see the changes all around us. Until then we must wait.
The Royal Mail decorates numerous postboxes with royal cyphers in addition to placing the king on stamps.
The EIIR mark of Queen Elizabeth II, which stands for Elizabeth and Regina, which means queen, is present on more than 60% of the 115,000 postboxes in the United Kingdom. They display the Scottish crown in Scotland.
Since Royal Mail are not currently installing many new postboxes, it might take some time before you see one of these outside of Scotland. New postboxes will now all include the King’s cypher.
Royal Rebranding Changes – Seals
You’ve probably noticed the Royal Arms and the words “By appointment to Her Majesty the Queen” on some of your groceries or other things in your home. These may include tomato ketchup, cereal boxes, and perfume. These are goods achieving a Royal Warrant, which means that the manufacturer regularly supplies the Royal Households.
Warrants
There are now roughly 900 Royal Warrants owned by 800 firms. For the past century or so, the monarch, their consort, and their heir have all granted their own Royal Warrants, making them grantors.
Any Royal Warrants a grantor issues after their passing are null and void, and the business has two years to stop using the Royal Arms. (Unusually, warrants the Queen Mother issued remained in effect for five years following her passing.)
Now that he is King, Charles will continue to issue warrants because they pertain to the household, not just his title.
Many anticipate that the next King would now empower Prince William, his son and successor, to issue his own warrants.
Other Changes
However, more than just currency, stamps, and warrants, changes must be made to other items too.
All British passports are still valid for travel and are issued in Her Majesty’s name; however, the text will change to His Majesty on the inside of the front cover for new passports.
Some police departments in England and Wales that still carry Queen Elizabeth II’s royal cypher in the centre of their helmet plates will need to make adjustments. With immediate effect, barristers and solicitors who the Queen chose to serve as Queen’s Counsel will now be call themselves the King’s Counsel.
