A special commemorative football match is being prepared to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme during the First World War.
A British/ French XI will line up against a German XI in a field by the banks of the Somme and play a symbolic match before assembled reporters and dignitaries, including David Pleat, HRH the Prince of Charles and his stepson Prince Harry.
Fashion designers Stella McCartney and Karl Lagerfeld have collaborated on vintage football strip designs that incorporate remembrance poppies alongside the logos of sponsors BAE Systems and ThyssenKrupp, whose predecessor companies were among the major beneficiaries of the conflict.
After the match, the teams will be shot by representatives of their respective military establishments in the spirit of needless slaughter - or freedom, as it has been rebranded.
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