The Bank of England removes references to several well-known figures—including Winston Churchill, Alan Turing and Jane Austen—from the text on some banknote design elements, according to documents reported by multiple outlets. The changes are linked to internal advice that some proposed or existing figures were “not representative of the UK’s cultural and natural diversity.” The reported documents describe how officials received this guidance and adjusted the list of individuals associated with the banknote notes accordingly. The reports focus on the rationale for the revision rather than on any broader decision-making process details, and they do not indicate that the figures are erased entirely from the UK’s public history. The Bank of England’s review appears to target what is considered representative of the country’s diversity in the context of banknote imagery and accompanying references. The documents referenced in the reporting characterize the advice as coming from discussions about representativeness, leading to the removal of those names from relevant notes.