Wembley's salute to France: Prince William leads England fans in rousing rendition of La Marseillaise

Tens of thousands of defiant England and France fans were joined by Prince William for a rousing rendition of the French national anthem as a packed Wembley crowd showed their support for victims of the Paris terror attacks this evening.

More than 70,000 football fans - including Jeremy Corbyn, Boris Johnson and David Cameron - came together in a poignant display of solidarity as the two nations went head-to-head in the most high-security football match in British history, just four days after the atrocities in the French capital.
Prince William took to the Wembley pitch with England manager Roy Hodgson and French coach Didier Deschamps to lay floral tributes ahead of the national anthems.

Fans on both sides then sang La Marseillaise before an impeccably-observed minute's silence was held on a moving night in North London. The French players, including Lassana Diarra - whose cousin was one of the Paris victims - linked arms as the teams lined up to sing the anthems.

In a show of unity, English and French players then stood together for a moment of applause, while fans held up coloured sheets of paper to display a huge French flag.

England won the match 2-0 thanks to goals from Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli and captain Wayne Rooney.

Afterwards, France captain Hugo Lloris told ITV Sport: 'We would like to thank all the English people in the stadium for their respect. The performance was not easy and I think we had a lack of aggressiveness and concentration but maybe it's a bit normal.'
When asked why it was important to play the game, Lloris replied: 'I think it was more about solidarity and to show character because sport and football is important, life still goes on, you have to carry on.'

Rooney said: 'It was always going to be a difficult night for everyone, especially the French players and staff. For ourselves to be involved in this occasion was tough, the young players were excited but it was a difficult game for them. I thought both teams handled it extremely well.