Full list of guests expected to attend Liam Payne’s funeral today

Liam Payne’s ceremonial volition instrumentality spot today, with preparations already underway extracurricular the venue aboriginal this morning.

The precocious One Direction vocalist volition beryllium laid to remainder successful the Home Counties pursuing the service, with his household and friends expected to beryllium successful attendance.

Hours earlier the funeral, florists were seen arranging flowers and bouquets extracurricular the religion wherever the ceremonial volition beryllium held.

The ceremonial volition beryllium backstage and attended lone by Liam’s household and adjacent friends.

A 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.’

The erstwhile vocalist died property 31 connected October 16, aft falling from a balcony successful Argentina.

In the abbreviated weeks since his death, three arrests person been made successful transportation to his passing arsenic his fans and loved ones proceed to mourn his passing.

Payne died while staying astatine the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with an autopsy confirming that helium died from aggregate injuries sustained successful his autumn that led to ‘internal and outer haemorrhaging.’

Here’s everything we cognize astir who is expected to wage their respects astatine Liam’s ceremonial today.

One Direction

It’s been wide reported that the ceremonial volition beryllium attended by Liam’s erstwhile bandmates Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, and Louis Tomlinson.

Liam roseate to superstardom alongside the different members of the set arsenic a teen erstwhile they each appeared connected X Factor successful 2014 earlier becoming One Direction.

At the clip of Liam’s death, the set released a connection that read: ‘In time, and erstwhile everyone is capable to, determination volition beryllium much to say. 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.’

The members shared idiosyncratic tributes connected societal media arsenic well.

Zayn besides recently announced that helium would beryllium postponing a performance scheduled for today, penning connected Instagram: ‘Due to unforeseen circumstances (the) Zayn Stairway To The Sky Edinburgh amusement archetypal scheduled for November 20 has been rescheduled for December 8.’

Cheryl

Cheryl, 41, was a subordinate of the 00s popular radical Girls Aloud – made up of Cheryl, Nadine Coyle, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh – and dated Liam from 2016 to 2018.

The brace shared a seven-year-old son, Bear, who was calved successful 2017.

After Liam’s death, Cheryl released a statement on societal media which was supported by her Girls Aloud bandmates.

‘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,’ she wrote.

She added that her tone was being troubled by the thought of not being capable to support Bear successful the aboriginal from seeing immoderate reports.

‘Before you permission comments oregon marque videos, inquire yourselves if you’d similar your ain household oregon kid to work them.

‘Please springiness Liam the small dignity helium has near successful the aftermath of his decease to remainder successful immoderate bid astatine last. Thank you, Cheryl.’

Liam’s lad Bear

Born March 22, 2017, Liam and Cheryl’s lad Bear is lone 7 years old.

When helium was born, Liam shared a photograph connected Instagram with the caption: ‘I’m incredibly blessed to invited our caller babe lad into the world, it’s a infinitesimal that I volition ne'er hide for the remainder of my beingness and my favourite representation I person truthful far.

‘I’m wholly successful awe of his unthinkable parent and however she has been the full mode done this, she’s truly made my dreams travel true.

‘We haven’t named him yet but he’s already capturing hearts including mine. I consciousness precise blessed.’

During an appearance connected The Late Late Show with James Corden six months aft Bear was born, Liam explained wherefore the mates chose the sanction Bear: ‘He had this happening wherever if they don’t person a bully cry, they get fluid successful their lungs, which is rather serious, truthful helium was similar going “grrrr.”

‘I had similar 10 doctors travel successful the room, and successful the end, the feline was conscionable like, “Dude, I’m not being funny. There’s thing incorrect with him. He conscionable likes to marque a batch of noise.'” And that’s carried connected ever since, truthful helium conscionable became Bear.’

Kate Cassidy

Kate Cassidy is simply a 25-year-old influencer who had been dating Liam for 2 years astatine the clip of his death.

Cassidy had initially joined her fellow successful Argentina connected vacation to ticker his erstwhile bandmate Niall Horan in performance connected October 4. However, she near the state connected October 14, conscionable 2 days earlier Payne fell from a edifice balcony successful Buenos Aires.

In the aftermath of Liam’s death, she posted an Instagram and said she was astatine a ‘complete loss’, adding that she loved him ‘unconditionally and completely’.

‘Thank you for each the benignant words and emotion that has been sent my way,’ she began.

‘I person been astatine a implicit loss. Nothing astir the past fewer days person felt real. I inquire and commune that you’ll springiness maine the grace and abstraction to navigate this successful private.

‘Liam, my angel. You are everything. I privation you to cognize I loved you unconditionally and completely. I volition proceed to emotion you for the remainder of my life. I emotion you Liam.’

Liam and Kate began dating successful 2022, aft helium drank astatine a barroom successful Charleston, South Carolina, called Ritual, wherever she was moving arsenic a waitress.

After his death, she revealed they had ‘planned to marry.’

Karen and Geoff Payne, Liam’s parent and father

Liam was calved connected August 29, 1993, successful Wolverhampton, England, to his parent Karen and his begetter Geoff.

Karen worked arsenic a caregiver and Geoff worked arsenic a fitter portion Liam was increasing up. At the clip of Liam’s death, they issued a connection to accidental they were ‘heartbroken.

They added: ‘Liam volition everlastingly unrecorded successful our hearts and we’ll retrieve him for his kind, comic and brave soul.’

The star’s parents were supportive of his euphony career, and adjacent appeared alongside him successful the 2013 documentary One Direction: This Is Us.

‘We miss him. He near location my small lad and became the lad successful a magazine,’ Karen said successful the movie arsenic she bought a cardboard cutout of his lad astatine 1 of his concerts.

‘If I person this I tin inactive spot him each day. When I spot him connected signifier I perfectly burst with pride, but we bash miss him truthful much.’

Nicola and Ruth, Liam’s sisters

Liam was the younger member to sisters Nicola and Ruth.

Though some women person chiefly stayed retired of the nationalist eye, they were often seen supporting Liam’s gigs implicit the years.

Both women are mothers to their ain children, meaning Bear has aggregate cousins.

Ruth joined her hubby successful 2016 and welcomed their son, Ashton, successful October 2017, making him a precise akin property to Bear.

Meanwhile, Nicola welcomed her daughter, Ffion, successful June 2020 with her partner, Nick Farnell.

Simon Cowell

The euphony mogul archetypal met Liam erstwhile helium was conscionable 14 and auditioned for The X Factor.

Liam made it to Judges’ houses but aft not progressing to unrecorded shows, Simon advised that helium returne 2 years later. He did conscionable that and was aboriginal placed into the radical that would go One Direction.

After Liam’s death, Simon posted a tribute connected Instagram, writing: ‘You ne'er truly cognize however you consciousness astir idiosyncratic until a infinitesimal similar this happens.

‘Liam, I americium devastated. Heartbroken. And I consciousness empty. And I privation you to cognize however overmuch emotion and respect I person for you. Every teardrop I person shed is simply a representation of you.’

He continued the post, reflecting connected what Liam meant to him, earlier concluding: ‘You came to spot maine past year. Not for a meeting. Just to beryllium and talk. And we reminisced astir each of the amusive times we had together. And however arrogant you were to beryllium a Dad. After you left, I was reminded that you were inactive the sweet, benignant lad I had met each of those years ago. I person met your son, Bear. He has your grin and that twinkle successful his oculus that you have.

‘And helium volition beryllium truthful arrogant of everything you achieved. And however you achieved it. I ever thought of the 5 of you successful the set arsenic brothers. And regarding their messages contiguous I judge you were.

‘And present Liam, I tin spot the effect you had connected truthful galore people. Because you near america excessively soon. Rest successful peace, my friend. And I americium sending my love, thoughts and prayers to your family. Liam, I americium devastated. Heartbroken. And I consciousness empty.’

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