Thanks for the update. Obviously the requirements have changed since I got my
passport.
I got my last passport in 2006. I got my application knocked back three times because of the photo.
I rang I think it was Liverpool at the time, and they 'advised' me to remove my glasses and that passed my application.
However in 9 years I have aged and the chap at MAN looked at my photo and then me, and asked me to take off my glasses. they he let me through. First time that has happened.