Cheryl's painful part in planning funeral Liam Payne would have wanted

Girls Aloud vocalist Cheryl Tweedy dated Liam Payne from 2016 until 2018 and the erstwhile mates welcomed lad Bear, who is present seven-years-old

Cheryl made a heartbreaking and achy determination up of Liam Payne's ceremonial connected Wednesday.

The Girls Aloud singer, 41, joined mourners yesterday, including One Direction members Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan, to accidental a last goodbye to the precocious singer astatine St Mary's Church successful Amersham, Buckinghamshire, aft helium tragically fell from his edifice balcony successful Buenos Aires connected October 16.

Alongside her chap Girls Aloud bandmates Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh, Cheryl joined Liam's grieving parents, Geoff and Karen Payne, arsenic good arsenic his sisters Ruth and Nicola, astatine the ceremonial which she helped enactment together. Sources accidental Liam's household wanted him to person a dignified and "perfect" send-off aft helium died successful "such a horrible way".

Cheryl, who shares lad Bear, 7, with Liam, dated the One Direction prima from 2016 until 2018. After their split, they remained adjacent friends and co-partened their lad - whose look they person ne'er shown to the public. Cheryl was pictured looking devastated astatine the ceremonial arsenic she said her last goodbye to her erstwhile love.

Wearing a £2,000 velvet-trimmed wool overgarment by London-based marque Liberowe and keeping her heartbreak hidden down a brace of decorator sunglasses, Cheryl, who friends accidental is "devastated" by Liam's decease made a heartbreaking last vow to him for the involvement of son, Bear.

Cheryl heartbreakingly decided that her lad should person progressive successful the funeral, contempt battling whether oregon not it was the close happening to bash for him.

Ultimately, the mum-of-one decided that it was lone close that Bear got to accidental goodbye to his beloved dada Liam alongside the remainder of his household and his adjacent friends. Cheryl symptom successful helping to program the ceremonial was evident by the angiosperm arrangements astatine Liam's burial.

Speaking to MailOnline, a person said Cheryl has promised that their kid volition ne'er hide his father. Her vow comes arsenic the grade of Bear's nonaccomplishment was shown yesterday erstwhile Liam's coffin arrived astatine the Home Counties religion successful a horse-drawn carriage with 2 floral tributes placed connected top. As good arsenic 1 which work "son", determination was different heartbreaking tribute from Bear, with the statement of achromatic flowers speechmaking "Daddy".

Friends of the vocalist told the quality outlet that Cheryl is "dreadfully sad" and added: "She has her ain grief, but she besides has a small lad who won't spot his daddy again, and that is conscionable heartbreaking," they said.

The Fight For This Love vocalist shared a tribute to her erstwhile spouse conscionable days aft his decease connected Instagram. At the time, she told her fans that she had to "face the world of ne'er seeing his begetter again".

Sharing a precious photograph of Liam successful furniture with their son, Cheryl said: "As I effort to navigate this world shattering event, and enactment done my ain grief astatine this indescribably achy time, I'd similar to kindly punctual everyone that we person mislaid a quality being.

"Liam was not lone a popular prima and celebrity, helium was a son, a brother, an uncle, a beloved person and a begetter to our 7 twelvemonth aged son. A lad that present has to look the world of ne'er seeing his begetter again."

Mourners watched arsenic the singer's coffin arrived astatine the religion by horse-drawn hearse portion the nationalist lined the streets. Among those attending the funeral included Liam's erstwhile One Direction bandmates.

Other numerous celebrities including James Corden, Rochelle and Marvin Humes, Simon Cowell, Robbie Keane, Damian Hurley, and of course, Liam's woman - Kate Cassidy - were each successful attendance.

Fans astir the world held vigils successful his representation aft his death, and a shrine to him was created successful his location metropolis of Wolverhampton, West Midlands.

After the funeral, a GoFundMe leafage was acceptable up successful Liam's sanction to "continue Liam's legacy" by helping to physique a caller Children's Cancer Centre astatine Great Ormond Street Hospital. He died of aggregate traumas and "internal and outer haemorrhage", a post-mortem introspection study said.

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