A woman was left “devastated” after her daughter’s passport application was rejected because she was named after a Game of Thrones character.

Lucy, 39, from Swindon in Wiltshire, said the Passport Office initially refused the application for Khaleesi, six.

Officials said they were unable to issue a passport unless Warner Brothers gave permission because it owned the name’s trademark. But the authority has since apologised for the error.

  • @Visstix
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    503 months ago

    Poor kid gonna grow up and watch the show where she was named after right before the final season.

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝OPM
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      453 months ago

      There’s a final season? I’m pretty sure they decided to wait for GRRM to finish the books as it would be silly to just go off the map and start making things up, as that could go awfully wrong.

        • @RampantParanoia2365
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          93 months ago

          No way in hell HBO would allow such a profoundly cultural phenomenon just go to shit. That would be insanely shortsighted for a company that takes such pride in their filmmaking.

    • @[email protected]
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      123 months ago

      My name is alarmingly close to one of the characters (my mate who was reading the books when they first came out thought it was hilarious), but at least I’m not the newsreader Jon Snow.

    • @[email protected]
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      43 months ago

      First season is heavy enough isn’t it? Life lessons:

      • get abused by your family
      • get burned
      • get fucked
      • @Visstix
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        13 months ago

        Well I think the lesson is that after all the hardship she still fights her way to the top. That is at least inspiring. Then the last season happened.