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Britain’s most heavily tattooed man has been refused a passport because of his unusual name: King of Ink Land King Body Art The Extreme Ink-Ite. The 34-year-old, who has covered 90 percent of his body in tattoos, sent off for a passport after legally changing his birth name, Mathew Whelan. But government officials denied the application, saying they could not accept “strings of words or phrases” as a name. “This is a breach of my human rights,” said Body Art, as he is known for short.