Her Britannic Majesty...

I still have my old dark blue passport and certainly I think it feels more substantial and looks more important than the newer red EU one.  So I can understand and to a certain extent empathise with those who want to bring it back. But don't push your luck.  A recent petition calls for the removal of "all French words" from the cover of the new (that is, old-style) British passport.  Presumably this refers to "Dieu et mon droit" and "Honi soit qui mal y pense" both of which appear (and have for centuries) on the Royal coat of arms.  So there's the irony - these Brexiteers who want to take back what they perceive we lost when we joined the EU, actually want to destroy stuff which goes back much, much further than that.