Lost 100 thousand: a British woman was outraged by the ban on her name from "Game of Thrones" (3 photos)

A single mother who works in a small decor shop in Britain barely managed to save up £2,000 to take her daughter on a trip. However, she was unable to travel because she had named her daughter after Khaleesi from Game of Thrones.





British Lucy Holloway had been saving up for a long time to go to Disneyland in the US with her daughter. However, she was unable to complete the paperwork for the child because her name Khaleesi allegedly belonged to Warner Brothers, which produced the Game of Thrones series. On whether the woman had to pay a fine for violating copyright.

Journalists spoke with 39-year-old Lucy Holloway, who described the problems that arose because of her daughter's name. As it turned out, a resident of the city of Cirencester in Gloucestershire (Cirencester, Gloucestershire), an employee of a decor shop, collected 2 thousand pounds sterling to take her six-year-old daughter Khaleesi (Kali - abbr.) to Disneyland. She contacted a government agency, the passport office of the British Foreign Office, to get a passport for the child. However, she was refused a passport. The family eventually canceled the trip and lost the money they had saved for it. The single mother explained that she felt "devastated" because she had lost the opportunity to please her child.



"I was absolutely devastated, we were so looking forward to our first holiday together," she told reporters.

Lucy gave an explanation she heard from passport office workers. They told her that the name "Khaleesi Targaryen" belongs to Warner Brothers. In order to get documents, she must first get permission from this company. Otherwise, she faces a huge fine for using someone else's property. The British woman was surprised by such a statement, since there were no problems during the registration of the child. Kali's daughter sometimes calls herself Khaleesi Holloway, Queen of Dragons, shared family details with Lucy.



Later, the British Foreign Office responded to the situation. They said that everything was fine with the name, there was an error, and they could pick up the finished documents.

"We can confirm that the application is being processed and we apologize to the family for the delay," the department said in its explanation.

Lucy eventually received Khaleesi's passport, and the passport office called her and apologized, but the trip never took place. The lawyers she consulted with explained that the passport office employees were wrong. According to the law, Warner Brothers has the right to the trademark and brand, but they do not own a person's name, the woman cited their arguments.