Maguire, Grealish and Pickford's partners depart £1bn cruise liner

HMS WAG runs aground: Harry Maguire, Jack Grealish and Jordan Pickford’s partners among group who have moved off £1bn cruise liner and into two five-star Qatar hotels

  • The families of Harry Maguire and Jack Grealish led the exodus off HMS Wag
  • England families were deeply unimpressed with life on the boat out in Qatar 
  • There was raucous behaviour on board including urinating into its plush atrium  

England’s WAGS have left a luxury cruise liner and moved to two different five-star hotels on the Qatar mainland after discovering that life at sea was not quite up to scratch.

The majority of WAGs are now staying in the lavish Waldorf Astoria hotel, which is located close to the Lusail Stadium, where the World Cup final is to take place on 18 December.

Among the WAGs staying at the stunning property, which boasts a private beach, luxury spa and eight top end restaurants are: Harry Maguire’s wife Fern, 28, Jack Grealish’s partner Sasha Attwood, 27, Jordan Pickford’s wife Megan, 26, Kyle Walker’s model wife Annie Kilner, 30, and Luke Shaw’s girlfriend Anouska Santos, 30.

Basic rooms start at around £300 with suites costing anything up to £10,000 when the World Cup is not taking place. Hotel prices during the tournament have quadrupled and there are no rooms currently available.

England WAGs and family members were staying on this £1billion cruise ship before moving

The Waldorf Astoria hotel Lusail, Doha, where some of the WAGs have moved to. The resort boasts a private beach, a spa and eight top restaurants

Other WAGs have booked into luxury villas at the Hilton Salwa Beach Resort almost 50 miles from central Doha which cost around £3,000 per night with some coming with their own private swimming pool.

The villas offer direct access to a private beach pool and also have their own private open areas with some offering private pools.

The WAGS staying at the lavish resort are Kennedy Alexa, the model partner of midfielder James Maddison, defender Conor Coady’s wife Amie, 29 and Ashleigh Behan, 26 partner of Kalvin Phillips.

The WAGs are not believed to have fallen out and they will continue to sit together when England play France in their crucial World Cup quarter-final match this Saturday.

But they decided to go their separate ways while in Qatar in search of more exclusivity and after incurring problems while staying on the £1 billion cruise liner MSC World Europa which is docked in Doha harbour and had been dubbed ‘HMS WAG.’

After arriving in Qatar ahead of England’s World Cup opening match, the WAGS spent ten nights on the cruise ship, which they had to share with 6,000 other guests, the majority of them rowdy football fans from all over the world.

It has been described as the most amazing cruise ship ever built, with 33 on-board restaurants and bars, beauty salons, boutiques, 14 ocean-view Jacuzzis and an incredible 11-storey indoor slide named The Venom Drop.

Harry Maguire of England has his hair combed by his daughter next to his partner Fern Hawkins after the team’s win over Senegal last night. WAGs are said to have grown tired of life on a luxury cruise ship after raucous behaviour on board  

All of those on the ship from the England camp – including Jack Grealish’s girlfriend Sasha Attwood (right) – have now moved into hotels

England families were deeply unimpressed with the atmosphere on the £1billion cruise ship, with insiders disclosing that they felt ‘isolated’ out at sea and disliked sharing a space with 6,000 other passengers.

After ten nights aboard, the football stars’ loved ones have abandoned ship and relocated to sumptuous villas with private pools on the mainland or five-star hotels near to stadiums in Doha. 

MailOnline’s Agenda column reported how one raucous fellow resident urinated into the atrium from the fifth-storey, and celebrating fans returning late at night from matches had disturbed the families’ sleep.

There were also problems making calls to players. All of those who were on the ship from the England camp have now moved into hotels as planned, with the Maguires and Grealishes among the first to flag issues. 

As well as the atmosphere turning sour, some WAGs needed to hire extra cabins to store their extensive wardrobes.

WAG Alexa Kennedy kisses James Maddison on Doha

But for the WAGs, life proved to be difficult on board. During their stay, one resident urinated into the atrium from the fifth storey and celebrating fans returning late at night from matches had disturbed their sleep and that of their children.

The WAGs had also complained of feeling ‘isolated’ while on the ship and concerns were also raised over phone and internet connections, which made it difficult for them to make calls to their partners or use social media.

It is believed that the issues the WAGs incurred on MSC World Europa were first flagged by Harry Maguire’s partner Fern and Jack Grealish’s partner Sasha Attwood, who led the way in making the shift.

The WAGs were only booked to stay on the ship until England’s final group match on 29 November but they had an option to extend, which they chose not in preference for moving to Doha’s more exclusive five-star bolt holes.

According to guests on the cruise ship, many guests were South Americans, who were particularly noisy.

Nick Evers, 47 from Wolverhampton moaned: ‘There were a lot of Argentinians on the ship and they are a very rowdy bunch. Every time their team played they drank a lot and made a lot of noise, particularly if the won and then they’d jump up and down a lot while singing loudly.

‘I know a lot of the ordinary passengers got sick of it so I’m sure that the WAGs did too. And to be honest, if I had the money to move to somewhere quieter and more exclusive, I’d have done the same.’

Since moving some of the WAGs have provided an insight into their new temporary homes. A video on social media shared by England defender Conor Coady’s wife Amie showed off a spectacular marbled villa by a beach.

Kennedy Alexa, the model partner of midfielder James Maddison, also shared images from a villa and a photo of them kissing by the sea with the caption: ‘Quality time with you.’

Dripping with opulence and hailed as a floating palace, it was dubbed HMS WAG for hosting footballers’ families during the World Cup.

But it seems the luxury cruise liner may not have been quite comfortable enough for the England squad’s pampered wives and girlfriends.

In a vote of confidence in the Three Lions, Harry Maguire’s family appear to have favoured a hotel a short distance from the Lusail Stadium – where the World Cup final will be held. 

Amie Coady, 29, the wife of England defender Conor Coady, shared a series of snaps from the deck of the £1billion cruise liner she is calling home for the duration of the World Cup

Paige Milian, 27, the girlfriend of England’s Raheem Sterling, posed up a storm from their lavish cabin last Wednesday

The Waldorf Astoria boasts of being ‘a luxury oasis in the Arabian Gulf’ with a private beach, a spa and eight restaurants.

It is also a handy ten-minute drive to the showpiece 89,000-seater stadium where the tournament’s winners will lift the trophy on December 18.

Yesterday the England WAGs were enjoying plusher new lodgings on shore after disembarking the £1billion MSC World Europa cruise ship docked in Doha’s harbour. 

It has been described as the most amazing cruise ship ever built, with 33 restaurants and bars, beauty salons, boutiques, 14 ocean-view Jacuzzis and an incredible 11-storey indoor slide named The Venom Drop.

But it seems some WAGs may have grown weary of cruise ship life.

Kennedy Alexa, the model partner of midfielder James Maddison, shared images from a villa and a photo of them kissing by the sea with the caption: ‘Quality time with you.’

Tolami Benson, 22, the girlfriend of Bukayo Saka, posted a cheeky selfie from Qatar online

Paige Milian, 27, the girlfriend of England’s Raheem Sterling, and Tolami Benson, 22, the girlfriend of Bukayo Saka, were tagged in social media snaps with refreshing cocktails


Paige also shared a photograph of a huge slide on Instagram, saying: ‘Me and Mel are in our element.’ The cruise ship the WAGs are staying on boasts the longest dry-slide at sea titled The Venom Drop (left). The WAGs are enjoying 26C heat in Qatar, while the UK shivers in winter (right) 

A video by defender Conor Coady’s wife Amie, 29, showed off a spectacular marbled villa by a beach. The mother-of-three showed children enjoying the pool and dancing on a patio while staff provided refreshments which included a bottle in an ice bucket.

Others including Jack Grealish’s partner Sasha Attwood, 27, Jordan Pickford’s wife Megan, 26, Kyle Walker’s model wife Annie Kilner, 30, and Luke Shaw’s girlfriend Anouska Santos, 30, have also relocated to onshore accommodation.

Sharing the vessel with 6,000 other passengers and needing to hire extra cabins to store their extensive wardrobes, it seems some of them may have grown weary of cruise ship life.

In a video posted online, Wales goalkeeper Danny Ward’s partner Rebecca Naylor hinted at regret among the Welsh WAGs who stayed on the liner when she filmed a luxury hotel before zooming her camera out to the cruise ship across the water and writing pointedly: ‘When you should have done the 10 days here and not there’.

A Football Association source said it had always been planned for the WAGs to leave the ship after the group stage of the tournament.

Guests on the ship had been living the high life, thanks to onboard beauty salons, boutiques, dodgems, 14 ocean-view Jacuzzis and the longest dry-slide at sea titled The Venom Drop to keep them entertained between matches.

The swanky ship comes complete with its very own shopping mall, roller disco rink and a range of clubs for children.

England star Conor Coady’s wife Amie enjoyed a break from the action as she shared a trip of snaps from her trip to the beach during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar 


Nicole Hagan (right), who has been linked to Welsh player Neco Williams, shared a glamorous snap in a lilac bikini, while model Charlotte Russell (left), 27, the partner of Kieffer Moore, posted a series of photographs of an idyllic beach sunset

Elsewhere on the cruise liner, a Sportplex zone offers basketball, bumper cars and even a roller disco rink, meaning plenty of opportunities for fun, alongside more than 30 bars and cafes, as well as a micro-brewery and mixology classes in its Elixir gin bar.

With a tonnage of 215,863 GT and length of 333.3 m (1,094 ft), its beam is 47 m (154 ft), height is 68 m (223 ft) and speed, 22.7 knots and a capacity of 6,762 passengers.

Covering 21 decks, there are 2,138 crew members, two five blade propellers and seven thrusters being four Bow and two stern.

Packages began at £6,000 for the footballers’ families to stay on the luxury liner.

In Qatar there are strict alcohol rules, but because the MSC World Europa is ‘off-shore’, those on board can sip on champagne without fear of legal repercussions. 

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