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England’s World Cup squad are to fly to Qatar aboard a Pride-themed jet.
The 26-strong team will travel on ‘Rain Bow’, a Virgin Atlantic A350 Airbus, the Sun reports.
It features a motif of Oscar – Virgin’s LGBTQ+ icon who wears rainbow-coloured laces- beneath the aircraft’s cabin.
Qatar’s strict anti-LGBTQ+ rules – authorities consider the cohabitation of unmarried women and men a crime – have come under the spotlight ever since the country was announced as the tournament’s host nation.