LIVE: England captain's subtle $1m gay rights protest

It's been revealed that England skipper Harry Kane performed his ain protestation against Qatar's abhorrent stance connected the LGBTQI+ assemblage up of his side's World Cup opener.

Kane and his nationalist squad were wide blasted when, amid threats posed by FIFA, the skipper abandoned a program to deterioration a rainbow-coloured captain's armband successful England's tournament-opening lucifer against Iran.

Kane alternatively opted to deterioration a FIFA-approved armband with the words "No Discrimination" — a portion of covering that addresses inequality but not homophobia specifically.

However, it's since emerged that the striker sported a $950,000 Rainbow Rolex successful the hours earlier England's 6-2 triumph implicit Iran.

Getty Images pictures amusement Kane wearing the ticker erstwhile helium led the squad from the buss and arsenic helium inspected the field.