Adele leads the stars going wild after England’s Euros semi-final win

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On Wednesday night, England beat Denmark 2-1 for a place in the Euros 2020 final. 

And Adele was one of many celebrities rejoicing over the team’s success at Wembley Stadium, as she led the stars sharing their delight over the result alongside Robbie Williams and Dua Lipa.

The Chasing Pavements hitmaker, 33, shared a video of herself watching the match where she jumped up in glee and shook her hair back and forth after Kane’s goal. 

In the caption to the video, she wrote: ‘ITS B****Y COMING HOME’ 

Robbie’s wife Ayda Field, meanwhile, shared an image of the rocker yelling in delight with his fists in the air which she overlaid with the Three Lions football anthem. 

Ayda joked: ‘The exact moment when @RobbieWilliams realised, that for first time in his entire life, football is coming home.’ 

Dua was similarly excited by the results as she shared a slew of snaps while watching the match with her friends, and she donned a red mini dress and England face paint for the occasion.   

The singer put on a very animated display as she posed for snaps alongside her friends, and she also posed while sat in front of an English flag. 

Rochelle and Marvin Humes got to enjoy the match from the stadium, and they shared videos of the moment Kane made his penalty goal and the euphoria they and the other fans felt.

The presenter was seen squealing in delight as she and her husband danced up and down with joy, as the other fans that surrounded them also cheered.

In her post, she shared: ‘It’s only b****y coming home!!!!!! O M G Thanks so much @heineken for having us tonight #EnjoyTheRivalry’

Olly Murs was also beside himself over the results, in a video taken by a friend he was seen looking tense as he waited for Kane to score and after he did shouted in glee.

He then jumped up and down and shouted in delight with his friends, and wrote in the caption: ‘The moment when Harry Kane actually made my heart skip a beat! GET IN!!’

Meanwhile, Ashley Cain was seen jumping up onto a bar and downing a pint in delight after Kane’s goal.

Earlier in the day, James Corden reunited with his family at Wembley stadium, after 18 months apart, to watch the match in person. 

The Gavin and Stacey star, 42 – who now lives in America – took to Instagram to share a photograph of himself with his parents and two younger sisters in the stands. 

Alongside the cute shot, James wrote: ‘It’s been almost a year and a half since I’ve been in the same room as my mum, dad and my sisters, And what a room to be in! 

‘I can’t begin to tell you how emotional it’s all making me! Come on England!!!!!’   

Holly Willoughby, 40, got into the spirit of things by posting a snap of herself in an England top.

The blonde beauty posed with a cardboard cutout of Gareth Southgate on the set of This Morning, and wrote: ‘Let’s Go England!’

Abbey Clancy took to her Instagram Stories to show herself in a taxi en-route to watch the big game.

She ruffled her hair and showcased her best poses while clad in a tight white England T-shirt. 

Rio Ferdinand, 42, shared a video of himself geering up football fans just hours before the game began. 

Jaime Winstone, 36, looked glamorous as she wore a pillar box red lipstick with her white England polo shirt.   

Jessica Wright, 35, looked sensational as she posed in a fluffy white dressing gown, while wearing a full face of make-up finished off with a red lip. 

Pregnant Stacey Solomon enjoyed the evening with son Rex, fiancé Joe Swash and her father at Woolston Manor. 

Love Island’s Hannah Elizabeth left little to the imagination as she posed in a thong and an England T-shirt rolled up high to reveal her underboob. 

Piers, 56, was keen to let his followers know that he was at Wembley for the semi-final.

The ex GMB host posted a photograph of himself and sons Spencer and Bertie, who was draped in a flag, waiting outside the stadium ahead of the game. 

Former Love Island star Tyne-Lexy Clarson, 24, stripped to a skimpy England branded swimsuit for a sexy snap.  

BBC Radio One presenter Jordan North, 31, revealed that he was calming his pre-match tension with a pint at the pub. 

He wrote alongside a snap of himself: ‘This is helping me cope with the PMT (Pre-Match tension). COME ON ENGLAND!!!’

Rising tennis star Emma Raducanu, 18, looked ecstatic to be at Wembley after retiring from her fourth round Wimbledon tennis match on Monday.

Billie Faiers held a party for her children Arthur and Nelly, and posted snaps of them wearing England kits and branded hats and blow-up toys.

She captioned her post: ‘Sweeeettt Arthur and Nellyyyyyy … ☺️☺️☺️ (haha sweet Caroline tune) … ITS COMING HOME.’ 

Samantha Faiers showed her support by sharing an adorable snap of son Paul in a football kit while enjoying time at Seatown Beach in Dorset.

Former Miss Universe Great Britain Amy Willerton, 28, posted a pretty selfie in an England top as she cheered on The Three Lions.

On Wednesday morning, Coleen Rooney, 35, led the stars taking to social media to share their excitement ahead of the big match.

The Liverpudlian beauty – who is married to former England captain Wayne Rooney -woke their kids by playing It’s Coming Home, taking to her Instagram Stories to show off the special wake-up. 

Coleen filmed their sleeping children while blaring out Three Lions (It’s Coming Home) and added laughing emojis to her videos. 

Eldest son Kai, 11, rubbed his eyes and looked a little confused as he slowly sat up in bed while the song played out. 

Baby Cass, three, was clearly already wide awake, and could be heard in the background yelling: ‘Mum, mum.’ 

Next up, Klay, eight, and Kit, five, who lay next to each other in a football themed bed, refused to be woken from their slumber by the football anthem. 

And other stars also took to social media ahead of England’s Euros semi-final match against Denmark at Wembley. 

Jack Whitehall shared a childhood photograph of himself wearing an England kit and holding up a cake adorned with candles.

The birthday boy – who is celebrating turning 33 – wrote alongside: ‘I have only one birthday wish. Bring it home! #england.’ 

Roman Kemp, 28, took to Instagram where he posted a still of himself with England flags painted on his face, and screaming into a Capital FM microphone.

The radio host captioned the action shot: ‘PLEASE @england PLEASE,’ which led his famous uncle Gary Kemp, 61, to reminisce.

Commenting beneath, the Spandau Ballet star wrote: ‘Saw so many England matches with you when you were a kid. Let’s hope this one ends better than some of those. COE!!!!’

Atomic Kitten member Liz McClarnon, 40, posted a photograph of the artwork for their latest single: ‘Southgate You’re The One,’ which has made it into the UK top 10.

The reworked version of the girlband’s smash hit ‘Baby, You’re The One’ has been an overnight success and the blonde beauty shared her enthusiasm on Instagram.

She wrote: ‘It’s been a whirlwind couple of days, but we are super excited and grateful to be able to contribute to the awesome energy and patriotism that is filling the England Streets with a brand new version of Whole Again.

‘Totally inspired by the England Football fans in support of Gareth Southgate and the super talented England Football team, we Liz, Natasha and Jenny will be singing loud and proud ‘Football’s Coming Home! DOWNLOAD IT NOW!’ 

Coleen’s celebratory wake-up came as Mrs Justice Steyn rejected Rebekah Vardy’s lawyers’ bid at the High Court to issue a summary judgement on one part of Coleen’s defence to the long-running £1million libel suit against her. 

Her team have claimed a ‘2-1 victory in the semi final’ as a judge ruled largely in her favour in the latest stage of her Wagatha Christie legal battle.

Although the judge did agree to strike out some sections of the Rooney defence – including a claim Mrs Vardy stole a seat behind Mrs Rooney at Euro 2016 to boost her profile – it left the majority of her case intact, and will only result in two paragraphs being removed, rather than the 12 demanded by Rebekah’s lawyers.  

Crucially, an application to strike out Coleen’s ‘public interest’ defence was also rejected.

As England face Denmark at Wembley tonight, a source close to Coleen declared: ‘This is the equivalent of a 2-1 win in the semi finals without the agony of extra time or a penalty shoot-out.’ 

The long-running feud between the high-profile WAGS erupted after Coleen revealed that she had set a trap to see who was responsible for leaks to the media, which earned her the nickname Wagatha Christie.

Coleen famously wrote: ‘I have saved and screenshotted all the original stories which clearly show just one person has viewed them. It’s ……………. Rebekah Vardy’s account.’

The Instagram post went viral, and soon after Rebekah took to social media to deny being the person who had leaked the stories to the press.

Rebekah’s team launched a bid last month to have large parts of Coleen’s defence in the ongoing libel case struck out.

Rebekah’s barrister Hugh Tomlinson QC told Mrs Justice Steyn: ‘The purpose of this application is to clear away a mass of irrelevant and peripheral material in order to save time and costs and focus on the main issues in the case.’

But the move was branded a ‘tactical exercise’ to avoid having to disclose matters which will prove Coleen’s case is correct, according to her own lawyer David Sherborne.

Coleen’s team told the court that the sections which Rebekah was seeking to remove are ‘plainly relevant and proportionate’ and the argument that leaving them in will substantially increase the costs of the trial is ‘seriously overstated and bears no real scrutiny’.

They added: ‘Another factor that should be borne in mind is that the Claimant [Rebekah] is seeking to remove what are, no doubt, paragraphs that [she] finds uncomfortable and embarrassing. ‘

The key issue in Rebekah’s pre-trial application to the court concerned the so-called ‘TV decisions post’ which Coleen put out on Instagram and claims she blocked all her other followers apart from Rebekah from viewing.

In the post, the Liverpool-born star posted a selfie with text reading ‘easing my way back into work!! TV decisions today’ in September 2019.

A story reporting her desire to revive her TV career appeared on The Sun’s website three days later, Coleen claims.

However, Coleen said she ‘invented’ the story as part of her investigation to discover the source of the leaks and had no intention of entering into more television work.

But the judge rejected the application for summary judgement, saying: ‘It is one of many factual issues to be resolved at trial in determining whether the truth defence is made out. It seems highly unlikely that resolution of this issue would assist the parties to settle the claim.’

She added: ‘While there is some force in the claimant’s submission that there are significant differences between the TV Decisions Articles and the Post from which they are alleged to derive, the question whether the claimant disclosed the TV Decisions Post to The Sun is one that can only properly be answered having regard to all the evidence at trial. ‘

Coleen’s solicitors, Brabners, put out an immediate statement headed: ‘Rebekah Vardy’s summary judgment application fails.’

They added: ‘Rebekah Vardy’s application for summary judgment was dismissed by Mrs Justice Steyn DBE in a judgment handed down this morning in the ongoing Vardy v Rooney libel litigation.

‘The court also refused Rebekah’s application to strike out Coleen’s public interest defence.

‘In the same application, Mrs Vardy had also sought to limit what documents and information she will be required to disclose by applying to strike out twelve paragraphs of Mrs Rooney’s defence.

‘The court rejected those applications by Mrs Vardy, with the exception of two paragraphs and parts of another one relating to allegations of Ms Vardy’s self-promotion in the press.

‘A key part of the defence that Mrs Vardy failed to strike out is Mrs Rooney’s allegation that Ms Vardy was a primary source for the ‘Secret Wag’ column in The Sun.

‘The high-profile libel claim brought by Ms Vardy is over a post on social media that alleged she had secretly informed The Sun newspaper of Ms Rooney’s private posts and stories from Instagram.’

‘The claimant’s engagement on social media with these journalists is relevant in considering the defendant’s case that she had an exceptionally close relationship with them, which I have accepted is one of the building blocks on which the defendant seeks to build her defence of truth.’    

Mrs Justice Steyn threw out parts of Coleen’s defence but kept some aspects that Rebekah had applied to strike out.

The judge dismissed a claim by Coleen that her fellow footballer’s wife showed ‘publicity-seeking behaviour’ when sitting behind her in someone else’s seat at the 2016 Euros.

Mrs Justice Steyn found that even assuming the allegation was true, it would still not help Coleen’s case.

She said: ‘The fact that a person seeks media coverage of their own attendance at a football match does not make it more probable that they would disclose private information about another person to the press.’

Another section concerned Rebekah’s so-called ‘campaign of self-promotion’ and outlined alleged dealings between her and paparazzi agencies.

It was claimed that in June 2018, during the World Cup, Rebekah ‘orchestrated’ a photograph of her with other WAGS Millie Savage, Gemma Acton, Megan Davison, Annabel Peyton, Fern Hawkins, Shannon Horlock, Annie Kilner, and Lucia Loi outside a restaurant in St Petersburg which appeared in The Sun.

Another section claimed that Rebekah was accused by former Girls Aloud star Sarah Harding of taking ‘intrusive photographs’ or her at the National Television Awards ceremony in 2018.

The judge said the argument was irrelevant, adding ‘it would be a waste of time and resources’ for the claim to continue.

Mrs Justice Steyn also threw out an allegation that Rebekah was leaking about the libel case itself to The Sun.

She said: ‘While this is an allegation of leaking confidential information to The Sun, the nature of it is very different to what was alleged in the post.

‘Notably, the defendant has pleaded it in support of the contention that there is a close relationship between the claimant and The Sun, rather than as an instance of the claimant disclosing another person’s private information.’

The judge further dismissed part of Coleen’s defence about how Rebekah had written a statement for the press regulator IPSO after a complaint was made about The Sun. 

She later dismissed Rebekah’s bid for summary judgment – a legal step which would see that part of the case resolved without a trial – in relation to Coleen’s claim that Rebekah leaked a story to The Sun about her returning to TV presenting.

The judge concluded: ‘It is one of many factual issues to be resolved at trial in determining whether the truth defence is made out.

‘It seems highly unlikely that resolution of this issue would assist the parties to settle the claim.’