Cheryl and son Bear will join Liam Payne's One Direction bandmates at funeral for tragic star who is being laid to rest today

Liam Payne's ex Cheryl and their seven-year-old lad Bear volition be his ceremonial contiguous - with each 4 of his erstwhile One Direction bandmates expected to articulation them.  

Payne died aged 31 connected October 16 aft falling from the third-floor balcony of a edifice successful the Argentine superior Buenos Aires.

The funeral, being held successful the Home Counties, volition beryllium attended by Payne's household and adjacent friends, with his woman Kate Cassidy besides reported to beryllium coming.

Harry Styles, 30, Niall Horan, 31, Zayn Malik, 31, and Louis Tomlinson, 32, are each expected to beryllium contiguous successful what is believed to beryllium their archetypal nationalist gathering arsenic a radical since their past performance successful 2015.

A religion root said a choir and musicians volition execute astatine the service, which is acceptable to statesman astatine 1pm. One of the floral displays shows bowling pins and a shot - a motion to his emotion of bowling, with Ms Cassidy said helium did 4 times a week. 

The funeral's determination has been a intimately guarded secret, and section residents lone realised it was taking spot erstwhile 'no parking' signs were erected astir the church.

Two postulation enforcement officers patrolled the country handing retired tickets to immoderate drivers ignoring the signs.

Payne travelled to Argentina successful September wherever helium watched erstwhile bandmate Niall Horan execute and besides saw his adjacent person Rogelio 'Roger' Nores. He had extended his enactment to renew his visa to unrecorded successful the US erstwhile the calamity occurred. 

The entranceway of the religion which is hosting the work has been decorated with candle lanterns and achromatic roses that person been arranged successful surrounding shrubbery. 

One root told The Sun: 'His household person gone to large lengths to enactment unneurotic the cleanable work and springiness him the nonstop disconnected helium deserves.

'Liam whitethorn person been a planetary superstar but to Geoff and Karen helium volition ever beryllium their small boy. It is going to beryllium an incredibly hard day.'

In a associated connection released pursuing Payne's death, Tomlinson, Malik, Horan, and Styles said they were 'completely devastated.'

'In time, and erstwhile everyone is capable to, determination volition beryllium much to say,' they said.

'But for now, we volition instrumentality immoderate clip to grieve and process the nonaccomplishment of our brother, who we loved dearly.

'The memories we shared with him volition beryllium treasured forever. For now, our thoughts are with his family, his friends, and the fans who loved him alongside us.

'We volition miss him terribly. We emotion you Liam - Louis, Zayn, Niall and Harry.'

Tomlinson, Styles and Malik each aboriginal released abstracted tributes.

Styles wrote connected Instagram that helium was 'truly devastated' and volition 'miss him always'.

'His top joyousness was making different radical blessed and it was an honour to beryllium alongside him arsenic helium did it.

'Liam lived wide open, with his bosom connected his sleeve, helium had an vigor for beingness that was infectious.

'He was warm, supportive and incredibly loving. The years we spent unneurotic volition everlastingly stay among the astir cherished years of my life. I volition miss him always, my beauteous friend.

'My bosom breaks for Karen, Geoff, Nicola and Ruth, his lad Bear, and each those astir the satellite who knew him and loved him, arsenic I did.'

Tomlinson said successful a abstracted affectional tribute that helium was 'really struggling with the thought of saying goodbye'.

He posted a representation connected his Instagram leafage of the 2 of them connected signifier with Payne lovingly putting his limb implicit Tomlinson's shoulder.

Tomlinson said helium would beryllium an uncle to Payne's lad Bear if helium 'ever needs me' and 'tell him stories of however astonishing his dada was'.

'I'm truthful grateful that we got adjacent person since the band, speaking connected the telephone for hours, reminiscing astir each the thousands of astonishing memories we had unneurotic is simply a luxury I thought I'd person with you for life,' helium wrote.

'I would person loved to stock the signifier with you again but it wasn't to be.

'I privation I got a accidental to accidental goodbye and archer you 1 much clip however overmuch I loved you.

'Payno, my boy, 1 of my champion friends, my brother, I emotion you mate. Sleep good X'.

Malik said helium had been talking retired large to Payne 'hoping you tin perceive me'.

In his ain bosom wrenching tribute, helium said helium had 'lost a member erstwhile you near us'.

'And I can't explicate you what I'd springiness to conscionable springiness you a hug 1 past clip and accidental goodbye to you decently and archer you that I loved and respected you dearly,' helium wrote.

'I volition cherish each the memories I person with you successful my bosom forever. There is nary words that warrant oregon explicate however I consciousness close present different than beyond devastated. I anticipation that wherever you are close present you are bully and are astatine bid and you cognize however loved you are. Love you bro.'