PM and William To Attend England-France Game

David Cameron and Prince William will be among those attending tonight's friendly between England and France at Wembley, which will be patrolled by armed police in the wake of the Paris attacks.

Metropolitan Police commanders have taken the highly unusual decision to deploy armed patrols in the light of Friday night's terror in the French capital.

Suicide bombers detonated three devices outside the Stade de France sports stadium in central Paris, during a match between France and Germany.

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Tens of thousands of fans are expected to attend the game, including the Prime Minister and the Duke of Cambridge, who is president of the Football Association.

While England's friendly will go ahead, the Belgian Football Association announced it had cancelled their match with Spain over security fears.

"At the very end of the evening the Belgian FA was contacted by the government, who made the recommendation not to play tomorrow's match.

"This is because the terror alert level is high and with the current leakage of a suspicious person," a spokesman said on Monday night.

Some fans at Wembley might be alarmed by the sight of armed police patrols, but senior officers at Scotland Yard believe it is necessary as a precaution in case the event is targeted by terrorists.

Authorities are stressing there is no specific intelligence of a threat to the event, but certain high profile events in London and other UK cities will be given enhanced policing in the coming weeks because of the scale of the atrocity in Paris.

Deputy assistant commissioner Peter Terry, from the Met's Specialist Crime and Operations Command, said: "We've reassessed what security we think we need ... which will of course be a fairly sombre occasion especially considering who we're playing."

He urged football fans to be the police's "eyes and ears" during the match.

It was not immediately clear whether the game would go ahead following the attacks, in which French international footballer Lassana Diarra lost his cousin Asta Diakite.

However France's captain Hugo Lloris said although the players had expressed initial concerns, the decision to play the match was the right one.

"Like all my teammates, we respect this decision and it will be a good opportunity to represent the national team," he said on Monday.

"Tomorrow will be a great moment of solidarity - the last three days have been dramatic and I think we were in mourning all together."

Police are urging supporters who notice anything of concern during the match to approach their nearest police officer or ring the counter-terrorism hotline or call 999.