Important King’s Messengers passport
Wartime issued Diplomatic Courier's passport for the Americas. The Corps of King's Messengers (or Corps of Queen's Messengers, depending on the ruling monarch at the time) are members of the British Foreign Office and /or of the Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). Their task, travelling around the world to various embassies, high commissions and other diplomatic missions and hand-carry important and crucial documents. Most King's Messengers were retired army officers and usually dressed in plain clothing on business calls flights. The document here dates from 1942, Diplomatic passport No. 30...
