London Warms Up for England Victory Parade

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PLANS are being made for a victory parade which could see up to a million people line the streets of the West End if England win the Rugby World Cup.

Although team officials have insisted that they are not looking beyond Saturday's final in France, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Police Service confirmed today that "preliminary work had begun on any possible victory or homecoming parade".

In 2003, England's players paraded the Webb Ellis Cup through the streets of central London in front of just over half a million people after winning the tournament in Australia.

However, with this year's World Cup attracting unprecedented public interest, police are …