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Evening Standard
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Anthony France

Wives and families enjoy time away from England players on ‘HMS wag’

MSC World Europa features 2,626 cabins, 13 restaurants, a mall, a roller disco rink and the longest dry slide at sea

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The England players’ wives and girlfriends have been enjoying the high life on board the £1 billion cruise liner dubbed HMS Wag — after being “banned” from meeting their partners.

Raheem Sterling’s fiancée Paige Milian and Bukayo Saka’s girlfriend Tolami Benson are among those staying on the MSC World Europa, which is docked in Doha’s old harbour — 10 miles from the England team’s hotel. The team were briefly able to catch up with their loved ones after Monday’s 6-2 victory over Iran but have now been told to isolate to prevent any possible spread of Covid.

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