A best man who was denied boarding for a flight to Poland for his best friend’s stag do because his passport was three days out of date managed to renew it in less than 12 hours and make it to the party despite turning up to the passport office without any documents or an appointment on the day.
James Crane, 35, from Colchester, had been planning his best mate’s stag do for months, a three-night trip to Krakow, involving a “fancy” steak dinner, bar crawl, shooting range, vodka tasting, VIP night club and boat party, but was told he could not board the plane at Stansted Airport on June 1 because of EU rules.
The electrician, known as Crano to friends and family, was not aware the rules had changed since Brexit and that travelling to the EU on a UK passport that was issued more than 10 years ago is not permitted.
