FIFA's presidential election, due to take place today, has taken a dramatic turn of events after Prince William last night put his weight behind calls to postpone the election.

Allegations that bribery was resorted to in the World Cup bids for 2018 and 2022 have been made more likely to be true after an official from the Bahamas took a photo of an envelope filled with cash, which he claimed had been offered as a bribe.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter stands to run a fourth and final term after his rival Bin Hammam of Qatar was suspended by FIFA's ethics committee for his alleged involvement in bid bribery. 

Prince William, as president of  the UK's FA, was humiliated last year after lending his full support to England's campaign to host the 2022 World Cup, which received only 2 votes out of 22.

Yesterday FA chairman David Bernstein said Fifa’s election  should be postponed so ‘any  alternative reforming candidate could have the opportunity to stand for president’.

World Cup's major sponsors Coca-Cola, Visa, Adidas and Emirates may well to decide to pull the plug on their multi-million dollar endorsements.